Frame aggregation in wireless communications networks
US7474676B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/1628
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method aggregates frames to be transmitted over a channel in a wireless network into a single frame. Multiple MSDU frames having identical destination addresses and identical traffic classes, received in the media access control layer from the logical link layer in a transmitting station are aggregated into a single aggregate MPDU frame, which can be transmitted on the channel to a receiving station. In addition, aggregate MSDU frames with different destination addresses and different traffic classes received from the media access control layer can be further aggregated into a single aggregate PPDU frame before transmission.
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