A first apparatus may determine that a DU function of a child IAB node is to transition between a first set of resources associated with an MT function of the child IAB node and a second set of resources associated with the DU function. The first apparatus may further configure a guard period associated with the transition time based on the first set of resources and based on the second set resources. A second apparatus determine to transition between a first set of resources associated with an MT function of the second apparatus and a second set of resources associated with a DU function of the second apparatus at a transition time. The second apparatus may further transmit, to a parent IAB apparatus, information requesting a guard period associated with the transition time based on the transition between the first set of resources and the second set resources.