Patent ID: 9065682
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a media access controller (MAC) for generating a composite packet having a format configurable to carry one or more of audio, video and data traffic, a header portion of the composite packet encoded separately from a data portion of the composite packet, wherein the composite packet includes a plurality of sub-packets each sharing a common MAC header and a PHY header, wherein at least a first sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a first Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) that encodes the first sub-packet according to a first data rate and a first level of robustness, and wherein at least a second sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a second MCS different than the first MCS, the second MCS encoding the second sub-packet according to second data rate lower than the first data rate and a second level of robustness higher than the first level of robustness; a physical device interface (PHY) coupled to the MAC, the PHY to encode and decode between a digital signal and a modulated analog signal, the PHY comprising a high rate physical layer circuit (HRP) and a low rate physical layer circuit (LRP), wherein the HRP supports a data rate greater than or equal to one gigabit per second and the LRP supports a data rate less than one gigabit per second; and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the PHY to transmit data.