While the algorithm implements open circuit voltage for shorter periods than 175.8ms, the MAX17260 uses both methods to estimate the state of charge in the long term. Short pulses should not affect the long term accuracy because our sampling frequency should not coincide with their pulse frequencies. If the system frequency is not exact multiple or divider of our frequency, we can get 100mA samples as well as 100uA samples with the right ratio, given enough long sampling period as fuel-gauging is a long term behavior. Coulomb counter is similar to a long term average for days or even month.