In some aspects, the first WCD and/or the second WCD may be configured to reduce communications during the reduced COT. For example, the first WCD and/or the second WCD may reduce communications during the reduced COT by not transmitting data via a data channel, not transmitting control information via a control channel, not attempting to receive signals from an additional WCD, not attempting to receive data via a data channel, and/or not attempting to receive control information via a control channel, among other examples.
In some aspects, the first WCD and/or the second WCD may be configured to modify one or more communication parameters during the reduced COT. For example, the first WCD and/or the second WCD may modify one or more communication parameters during the reduced COT by reducing transmit power for transmissions and/or reducing an effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) for transmissions. For example, the first WCD and/or the second WCD may reduce transmit power, which may reduce an EIRP for transmissions. In some aspects, the first WCD and/or the second WCD may modify one or more communication parameters during the reduced COT by changing a traffic direction (e.g., switching from using a beam pair for downlink communications to using the beam pair for uplink communications or from using a beam pair for uplink communications to using the beam pair for downlink communications).