US Patent 12120716 Initiating wideband simultaneous transmit and receive communications

A protocol for initiating communications between STAR devices in a network includes communicating via a communication device having a transmit signal path and a receive signal path where the transmit signal path and receive signal path are operable to transmit and receive simultaneously at the same frequency over an interference-suppressed band. A communication sub-band and an initiation sub-band are generated within the interference-suppressed band. The initiation sub-band has a lower bandwidth than the communication sub-band. Signals may be transmitted and received signals over the initiation sub-band the communication sub-band.