A Responding Device that receives a grant from a Initiating Device to transmit on the current Operating Channel within the current Fixed Frame Period should follow the procedure described in following steps 1 to 3:
- A Responding Device that received a transmission grant from an associated Initiating Device may proceed with transmissions on the current Operating Channel:
- The Responding Device may proceed with such transmissions without performing a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) if these transmissions are initiated at most 16 μs after the last transmission by the Initiating Device that issued the grant.
- The Responding Device that does not proceed with such transmissions within 16 μs after the last transmission from the Initiating Device that issued the grant, should perform a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) on the Operating Channel during a single observation slot within a 25 μs period ending immediately before the granted transmission time. If energy was detected with a level above the ED Threshold Level (TL) defined in Table 6-7, the Responding Device should proceed with step 3. Otherwise, the Responding Device should proceed with step 2.
- The Responding Device may perform transmissions on the current Operating Channel for the remaining Channel Occupancy Time of the current Fixed Frame Period. The Responding Device may have multiple transmissions on this Operating Channel provided that the gap in between such transmissions does not exceed 16 μs. When the transmissions by the Responding Device are completed the Responding Device should proceed with step 3.
- The transmission grant for the Responding Device is withdrawn.