This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for providing energy detection based resolution in radio access technologies. In one aspect, a wireless communication device may include a first energy detection threshold (EDT) to identify a transmission opportunity in an unlicensed frequency band. The wireless communication device may detect a second wireless communication device having a second EDT to identify the transmission opportunity, the second EDT being greater than the first EDT. The wireless communication device may, based on detection of the second wireless communication device having the second EDT, modify a transmission configuration of the first wireless communication device.