Patent ID: 9408254
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. An access point comprising: a MAC processor configured to process and output a single transmit data stream; and a physical layer (PHY) processor configured to split the single transmit data stream into a first set of one or more transmit data streams and a second set of one or more transmit data streams, the PHY processor further configured to concurrently process the first set of one or more transmit data streams according to a first MIMO mode of the PHY processor in a first group of one or more channel paths of the PHY processor and the second set of one or more transmit data streams according to a second MIMO mode of the PHY processor in a second group of one or more channel paths of the PHY processor; the PHY processor configured to dynamically change channel allocation by reallocating the channel paths of the first group and the second group to a third group of one or more of the channel paths of the PHY processor and a fourth group of one or more of the channel paths of the PHY processor such that the PHY processor is configured to split the single transmit data stream into a third set of one or more transmit data streams and a fourth set of one or more transmit data streams and the PHY processor is configured to concurrently process the third set of one or more transmit data streams according to a third MIMO mode of the PHY processor in the third group of one or more of the channel paths of the PHY processor and the fourth set of one or more transmit data streams according to a SISO mode of the PHY processor in the fourth group of one or more of the channel paths of the PHY processor.