Patent ID: 8711742
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus for wireless communication with another communication apparatus, comprising: data generation unit to generate a data having a first media access control (MAC) header and second MAC headers, wherein the first MAC header includes a frame type information, a plurality of address information and a type of retransmission request information requested for confirmation of receiving the data as a common header to a plurality of data payloads, wherein the second MAC headers include payload length information respectively for the data payloads as a sub header to each of the data payloads, wherein the first MAC header is arranged subsequent to a physical (PHY) header transmitted at a predetermined fixed transmission rate, and wherein said data generation unit is to generate at least one of the second MAC headers and data payload thereof set for transmission at a variable transmission rate in accordance with a parameter of the PHY header used for a process in a physical layer; and wireless transmission unit to transmit the data generated by the data generation unit.