A method for carrier sensing symmetry by a first wireless communication device communicating with a neighboring wireless communication device, wherein carrier sensing symmetry is satisfied if and only if both the first wireless communication device carrier senses the neighboring wireless communication device and the neighboring wireless communication device carrier senses the first wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving, by a receiver of the first wireless communications device, a transmission of a first preamble from a transmitter of the neighboring wireless communications device, the transmitter of the neighboring wireless communication device transmitting the first preamble only during a first subset of a first preamble length, a length of the first subset depending on a transmission power level of the transmitter of the neighboring wireless communication device; correlating by a carrier sensing symmetry module of the first wireless communications device only during a second subset of the first preamble length, a length of the second subset depending on a transmission power level of a transmitter of the first wireless communications device, thereby obtaining a first correlation; and transmitting a second preamble to the neighboring wireless communications device only during a first subset of a second preamble length, a length of the first subset of the second preamble depending on the transmission power level of the transmitter of the first wireless communication device, thereby enabling a receiver of the neighboring wireless communications device to receive a transmission of the second preamble from the transmitter of the wireless communications device and a carrier sensing symmetry module of the neighboring wireless communications device to correlate only during a second subset of the second preamble length, a length of the second subset of the second preamble length depending on the transmission power level of the transmitter of the neighboring wireless communications device, thereby obtaining a second correlation; wherein the length of the first subset and the second subset of the first preamble length result in a first total preamble energy correlated in the first correlation approximately equivalent to a second total preamble energy correlated in the second correlation resulting from the length of the first subset and second subset of the second preamble length. receiving, by a receiver of the first wireless communications device, a transmission of a first preamble from a transmitter of the neighboring wireless communications device, the transmitter of the neighboring wireless communication device transmitting the first preamble only during a first subset of a first preamble length, a length of the first subset depending on a transmission power level of the transmitter of the neighboring wireless communication device; correlating by a carrier sensing symmetry module of the first wireless communications device only during a second subset of the first preamble length, a length of the second subset depending on a transmission power level of a transmitter of the first wireless communications device, thereby obtaining a first correlation; and transmitting a second preamble to the neighboring wireless communications device only during a first subset of a second preamble length, a length of the first subset of the second preamble depending on the transmission power level of the transmitter of the first wireless communication device, thereby enabling a receiver of the neighboring wireless communications device to receive a transmission of the second preamble from the transmitter of the wireless communications device and a carrier sensing symmetry module of the neighboring wireless communications device to correlate only during a second subset of the second preamble length, a length of the second subset of the second preamble length depending on the transmission power level of the transmitter of the neighboring wireless communications device, thereby obtaining a second correlation; wherein the length of the first subset and the second subset of the first preamble length result in a first total preamble energy correlated in the first correlation approximately equivalent to a second total preamble energy correlated in the second correlation resulting from the length of the first subset and second subset of the second preamble length.