Patent ID: 8441971

Claim:
An apparatus, including: an idle indication module to initiate entry into an idle state of a wireless device for a selected amount of time responsive to a combined clear channel assessment indication; a filter to remove glitches of less than a selected time period from the combined clear channel assessment indication; a first node to receive a first physical layer protocol status and a second node to receive a second physical layer protocol status to combine with the first physical layer protocol status in an OR operation to provide the combined clear channel assessment indication; and a module to determine a particular time period to refrain from entering the idle state subsequent to receiving the combined clear channel assessment indication, the particular time period comprising a function of at least one of a short inter-frame space (SIFS) time, a distributed inter-frame space (DIFS) time, an acknowledge (ACK) time, a slot time, or a portion of a frame length.