| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus of reducing signaling during link setup in a wireless communication system (100) are described. The method comprising receiving (1202), at a terminal (106), a message including information for establishing a link with a device (104) in the wireless communication system (100), identifying (1204), at the terminal (106), a time slot and a back-off amount within the identified time slot based on a value included in the received message, abstaining (1206), at the terminal (106), from sensing a medium based on the identified time slot and the identified back-off amount and transmitting (1208), from the terminal (106), an association request message to establish the link with the device (104) during the identified time slot after expiration of the back-off amount. Also the corresponding receiving side method and apparatus is described. |
