An access point station (AP) communicates with a plurality of non-AP stations (STAs) within a synchronized transmission opportunity (S-TXOP). The S-TXOP may comprise an S-TXOP trigger followed by a plurality of S-TXOP slots. The S-TXOP slots may be configured for communication of synchronous data. For communication of small time-critical (TC) packets within the S-TXOP with one or more of the STAs, the AP may configure the S-TXOP for asynchronous ultra-low latency (ULL) transmissions by providing a low-latency channel access opportunity within the S-TXOP.

Methods and apparatuses are related to multi-user parallel channel access (MU-PCA). For example, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is provided that is one of the plurality of WTRUs operable to simultaneously communicate via a plurality of channels managed by an access point (AP). The WTRU includes a receiver configured to receive, from the AP, over at least one channel of the plurality of channels, a group poll (G-Poll) message that includes a resource allocation that indicates at least one allocated channel of the plurality of channels for the WTRU; and a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink request message, to the AP in response to the G-Poll message, over the at least one allocated channel of the plurality of channels, the uplink request message corresponding to uplink data the WTRU has for transmission to the AP.

Methods and apparatuses are related to multi-user parallel channel access (MU-PCA). For example, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is provided that is one of the plurality of WTRUs operable to simultaneously communicate via a plurality of channels managed by an access point (AP). The WTRU includes a receiver configured to receive, from the AP, over at least one channel of the plurality of channels, a group poll (G-Poll) message that includes a resource allocation that indicates at least one allocated channel of the plurality of channels for the WTRU; and a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink request message, to the AP in response to the G-Poll message, over the at least one allocated channel of the plurality of channels, the uplink request message corresponding to uplink data the WTRU has for transmission to the AP.

Indication of transmission priority class is disclosed for sharing a base station's maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) for use in autonomous uplink (AUL). Aspects of the disclosure provide for implicitly sharing the MCOT by providing an indication of transmission opportunity (TxOP) length. A serving base station sends an indication of a current TxOP length in control signals to a user equipment (UE). The UE may then infer a set of potential transmission priorities used by the serving base station according to the TxOP length, as TxOP length may relate to the MCOT, which itself may be associated with a particular transmission priority class. The UE may then, conservatively, select the highest transmission priority of the set of potential transmission priorities for autonomously transmitting any uplink data having at least the selected highest transmission priority within configured AUL resource of the current TxOP.

Some demonstrative embodiments may include apparatus, system and method of scheduling Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) wireless communications. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication Access Point (AP) to allocate at least one Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) enabled (TSN-enabled) Target Wakeup Time (TWT) Service Period (SP) based on one or more timing requirements of a TSN schedule of at least one TSN stream for at least one wireless communication station (STA); to transmit a TWT scheduling message to schedule the TSN-enabled TWT SP, the TWT scheduling message including an indication that the TSN-enabled TWT SP is restricted to only TSN communications; and, during the TSN-enabled TWT SP, to communicate one or more frames of the at least one TSN stream with the at least one STA.

In a wireless local area network (LAN) system, a transmitting device can delay PPDU transmission in a first link when a backoff counter of a second link does not reach 0 even if a backoff counter of the first link reaches 0.

In a wireless local area network (LAN) system, a transmitting device can delay PPDU transmission in a first link when a backoff counter of a second link does not reach 0 even if a backoff counter of the first link reaches 0.

A random access method and apparatus and a communication system. The apparatus includes a first processor circuit, the first processor circuit being configured to: receive resource configuration of contention-free random access, the resource configuration of contention-free random access comprising resource configuration of second type contention-free random access (CFRA); and perform a second type contention-free random access procedure according to the resource configuration of the second type CFRA, wherein the resource configuration of the second type CFRA comprises a second type CFRA preamble index associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), configuration of a physical random access channel occasion (RO) of a second message (MsgA), and configuration of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the MsgA.

A random access method and apparatus and a communication system. The apparatus includes a first processor circuit, the first processor circuit being configured to: receive resource configuration of contention-free random access, the resource configuration of contention-free random access comprising resource configuration of second type contention-free random access (CFRA); and perform a second type contention-free random access procedure according to the resource configuration of the second type CFRA, wherein the resource configuration of the second type CFRA comprises a second type CFRA preamble index associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), configuration of a physical random access channel occasion (RO) of a second message (MsgA), and configuration of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the MsgA.

Provided is a wireless communication system in which, based on a random access scheme, a transmission opportunity (TXOP) acquired by a wireless access point is granted to a wireless station when performing uplink data transmission from the wireless station to the wireless access point and the TXOP acquired by the wireless station is granted to the wireless access point when performing downlink data transmission from the wireless access point to the wireless station, the system includes a scheduling unit for TXOP granting determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of an uplink data transmission lower than a prescribed value as TXOP responders to which the wireless access point grants the TXOP, and determining one or more wireless stations having a quality of a downlink data transmission lower than the prescribed value as TXOP holders which grant the TXOP to the wireless access point.