Real-time rate control mechanism for multi-rate data transmissions in wireless networks
US7230922B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 5, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Wireless networks are becoming increasingly heterogeneous in terms of the processing capabilities of network users' receiving equipment. According to embodiments of the invention, in a communications network comprising a plurality of receivers with different data reception rate capabilities, data frames targeted to respective receivers may be transmitted to the receivers in accordance with the respective data reception rate capabilities of the receivers.
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