Patent ID: 11902018
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A transmitting node in a wireless local area network, the transmitting node comprising:
processing circuitry;
memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the transmitting node is operative to:
obtain first and second traffic flows for transmitting to a receiving node, wherein the first traffic flow is associated with a first category based on a reliability requirement associated with the first traffic flow, wherein the second traffic flow is categorized into a second category based on a reliability requirement associated with the second traffic flow; wherein the first and second categories are different;
select a first link adaptation process from a plurality of link adaptation processes for the first category, and a second link adaptation process from the plurality of link adaptation processes for the second category, wherein the first and second link adaptation processes are different and the second category is associated with lower reliability requirement than the first category;
transmit the first traffic flow to the receiving node based on the first link adaptation process;
transmit the second traffic flow to the receiving node based on the second link adaptation process; and
wherein the second link adaptation process comprises updating information relating to a probability of successful transmission and/or an expected throughput associated with at least one sample data rate tested for the second traffic flow; and
wherein the first link adaptation process comprises selecting a first data rate for the first traffic flow from the at least one sample data rate tested for the second traffic flow based on the updated information from the second link adaptation process.