A method and apparatus for mixing Basic Service Set (BSS) and mesh traffic is presented. A same channel or a same radio is shared for mesh traffic and BSS traffic. The sharing of the channel including reserving a channel for BSS traffic by a Mesh Access Point (MAP), the reserving comprising sending a CC-RTS or a CC-CTS addressed to the MAP and/or blocking use of the channel by a BSS stations when the channel is not reserved for BSS traffic, the blocking use of the channel comprising the MAP sending a frame setting a NAV in the BSS. The shared radio is switchable between serving the BSS traffic and serving the mesh traffic.

 
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