| 摘要 |
A device, network, and method for communications with spatial-specific sensing is provided. In an embodiment, a method for providing contention-based transmission from a first communication node in a network to a second communication node includes determining, by the first communication node, a transmission direction, the transmission direction characterized by a digital beamforming direction and an analog beamsteering direction; performing, by the first communication node, spatial-specific carrier sensing in accordance with a sensing direction associated with the transmission direction; determining, by the first communication node, a channel status of a channel along the sensing direction according to the spatial-specific carrier sensing; and transmitting, by the first communication node, a signal along the transmission direction when the channel is not busy. |
