Patent ID: 8964895
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of a wireless local area network (WLAN) transmitter to transmit in accordance with a plurality of 802.11 standard wireless communication modes of operation, comprising: generating a mode selection signal by a baseband processing module in the WLAN transmitter that selects one of a plurality of 802.11 wireless communication modes of operation, wherein the mode selection signal indicates for the selected 802.11 wireless communication mode of operation one of plurality of frequency bands, one of a plurality of channel bandwidths, and a maximum bit rate for the selected one of a plurality frequency bands and the selected one of a plurality of channel bandwidths; converting outbound data into a number of parallel transmit streams indicated by the mode selection signal; and converting each of the number of parallel transmit streams into a corresponding number of RF signals by a number of a plurality of RF transmitters, wherein the number of the plurality of RF transmitters that are enabled is based on the mode selection signal and wherein the corresponding number of RF signals are in the frequency band with the channel bandwidth and maximum bit rate indicated by the mode selection signal.