In one embodiment, an access point (AP) receives a first uplink transmission from a first wireless station (STA) in a wideband wireless communication network. The first uplink transmission indicates handing over a reserved transmission opportunity (TXOP) ownership of at least a primary channel. The AP transmits a trigger or trigger+ACK frame to a plurality of STAs over multiple sub-bands of the wideband. The AP indicates an uplink OFDMA/MU-MIMO transmission over the multiple sub-bands for the plurality of STAs sharing the same TXOP. Each trigger frame serves as synchronizing the uplink transmission timing and packet transmit time, and for allocating uplink resources to the plurality of STAB.
Other embodiments and advantages are described in the detailed description below. This summary does not purport to define the invention. The invention is defined by the claims.