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Method and apparatus for improving throughput in a wireless local area network

US7440764B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 2004
Grant dateOct 21, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for improving throughput in a wireless local area (WLAN), which includes buffering a set of messages, identifying a target address for the set of messages, and concatenating the set of messages based on the target address.The target address can be either unicast, broadcast, multicast or combination of unicast, broadcast and multicast as described herein.

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