Patent attributes
Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a transceiver and a processing circuit. The transceiver is configured to receive signals and transmit signals in one or more channels. The processing circuit is configured to detect that received signals in a channel carry a data unit, determine that the data unit belongs to an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) that overlaps with a basic service set (BSS) that the apparatus belongs to without information in a preamble of the data unit, select a clear channel assessment threshold that is dynamically adjusted for spatial re-use when the data unit is determined to belong to the OBSS, and compare a signal strength of the data unit with the selected clear channel assessment threshold to determine a busy/idle status of the channel.
