The below figure taken from the standard illustrates OBSS PD operation in 802.11ax:
The above steps for STA SR S2 is best described from the standard and is posted below (from the 802.11ax standard):
- Receives the PPDU from S1 and, if it classifies the PPDU as inter-BSS PPDU, ignores the PPDU using OBSS PD-based spatial reuse with non-SRG OBSS PD, starts the OBSS PD SR transmit power restriction period 1 with TX_PWRmax 1, and decrements its backoff counter until the reception of the PPDU from D1.
- Receives the PPDU from D1 and, if it classifies the PPDU as inter-BSS PPDU, ignores the PPDU (if it chooses to do so) using OBSS PD-based spatial reuse with non-SRG OBSS PD, starts the OBSS PD SR transmit power restriction period 2 with TX_PWRmax 2, and decrements its backoff counter until the reception of the PPDU from S1”.
- Defers during the TXOP S1” set by the intra-BSS PPDU from S1” that belongs to its own BSS and, at the end of the TXOP S1”, resumes the decrement of its backoff until the reception of the PPDU from S1′.
- Receives the PPDU from S1′ and, if it classifies the PPDU as SRG PPDU, ignores the PPDU (if it chooses to do so) using OBSS PD-based spatial reuse with SRG OBSS PD, starts the OBSS PD SR transmit power restriction period 3 with TX_PWRmax 3, and decrements its backoff counter until the counter reaches zero because it does not receive the PPDU from D1′.
- Starts transmitting a PPDU with a TX_PWRmax equal to min(TX_PWRmax 1, TX_PWRmax 2, TX_PWRmax 3) and respects this transmit power restriction until the end of the SR TXOP.
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