Patent ID: 8279812
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A station for constructing a frame for communication in a communication system that supports a new standard and a legacy standard, the new standard being backward compatible with the legacy standard, the station comprising: a first frame generator configured to generate a first portion of the frame, the first portion of the frame to support a first set of data in the legacy standard in each of a number of first bands; a second frame generator configured to generate a second portion of the frame, the second portion of the frame to support a second set of data in the new standard in a second band composed of two or more of the first bands, wherein: the second portion of the frame comprising a new data field; the second set of data comprising new downlink data and new uplink data in the new data field, the new downlink data and the new uplink data being allocated in a first integral zone of the frame; and the new downlink data and the new uplink data are transmitted asynchronously; and a frame constructor, integrated in a processor circuit, configured to construct the frame based on the first portion of the frame from the first frame generator and the second portion of the frame from the second frame generator.