Examples are disclosed for a system to improve wireless spectral efficiency, including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, a radio coupled to the processor component, one or more antennas coupled to the radio, wireless logic to be executed on the processor component to: process reception of a higher-power request to send (RTS) signal from an initiator by an initiator's receiver; process transmission of a higher-power clear to send (CTS) signal to the initiator, to set a lower-power transmit opportunity (TXOP); and process reception of an invitation to share the TXOP at lower power, the invitation comprising an indication that devices that receive the invitation should transmit at lower power during a time period indicated by the higher-power CTS signal; and a timer to track progress of the time period.