Wireless communications systems and methods related to narrow beam-based channel access for communications in a wireless communication network operating over an unlicensed spectrum are provided. A first wireless communication device receives, from a second wireless communication device, one or more signals associated with a beam parameter. The first wireless communication device determines, at each of a plurality of locations, a signal measurement for at least one received signal of the one or more received signals. The first wireless communication device determines, based at least in part on an p-th percentile signal measurement and a q-th percentile signal measurement of the signal measurements at the plurality of locations, whether the second wireless communication device satisfies an interference condition.