Patent ID: 8165154
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for broadcasting a data burst, the method comprising: marking each of a first number of frames in the data burst to identify each frame of the first number of frames as a reliable broadcast/multicast (RBM) frame, wherein a second number of frames in the data burst are broadcast/multicast (BM) frames not marked to be identified as the RBM frame; transmitting a message to a station for collision avoidance; receiving a response to the message from the station; transmitting each RBM frame in the data burst separated by a short interframe space (SIFS) only after the transmitting of the message and the receiving of the response; and transmitting each BM frame in the data burst separated by the SIFS before or after the transmitting of the message.