Systems and techniques are provided for energy detection by a
wireless communication device. A method includes filtering a received
signal using a half-band (HB) filter with a configured
cut-off frequency to obtain a filtered
signal based on the received
signal, wherein the HB filter is associated with a
receiver of the
wireless communication device, and the received signal comprises a
wireless transmission received by the
receiver. Information indicative of a
power level can be determined corresponding to a detected energy associated with the filtered signal. Embodiments of the wireless
communication device process the received signal according to the information indicative of the
power level, before demodulated symbols become available from a
receiver downsampling chain.