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Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method

US7990995B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 2005
Grant dateAug 2, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/566
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus includes a main queue to store MAC frames, a plurality of subqueues related to the main queue and used to control retransmission of the MAC frame, each of the subqueues having different priority for transmission of the MAC frame, respectively, an extracting device configured to extract the MAC frame from the main queue on the basis of a destination and the priority, and distribute the extracted MAC frame to one of the plurality of subqueues for each priority, and an aggregating device configured to extract MAC frames from the plurality of subqueues to form a MAC super frame.

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