SLEEP DURING NAV/RID BACKOFF

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a technique of supporting access to a wireless medium of a wireless communication network. A method embodiment comprises: when access of a station (100) to the wireless medium is delayed, determining (S202; S308), by the station, a back-off period indicating the period of time the access of the station to the wireless medium is delayed, and entering (S204; S312), by the station (100), into a sleep mode for a sleep period based on the determined back-off period.