ENABLING FAST DOWNLOAD (DL) SIGNALING FOR GRAND-CHILD-NODE(S) IN THE NEW RADIO UNLICENSED (NR-U) INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) DEPLOYMENT

Various techniques are provided for method including determining, by a first node, a time domain timing structure that supports bi-directional communication, initiating a communication from the first node to a second node based on the timing structure, sending an indication from the first node to the second node, the indication being configured to cause a time gap in the timing structure and the indication indicates that the time gap is followed by communicating a number of symbols, during which the first node continues to transmit to any device other than the second node, generating the time gap in the timing structure, and continuing the timing structure by the first node.