Patent ID: 8446889
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication network, comprising: a first wireless communication device; a second wireless communication device that comprises a legacy station, wherein the first wireless communication device and the second communication device are part of a wireless network, wherein the first wireless communication device transmits a preamble field, wherein the first wireless communication device transmits a legacy signal field after the preamble field, wherein the legacy signal field indicates (1) a time duration or (2) a length and a rate of at least a backwards-compatible burst transmission, wherein the first wireless communication device transmits a plurality of paired fields after the legacy signal field, each paired field comprising a respective signal field and a respective service and protocol data unit field, wherein the backwards-compatible burst transmission comprises the plurality of paired fields, wherein the second wireless communication device decodes the legacy signal field, wherein the second wireless communication device interprets the backwards-compatible burst transmission as a single frame, and wherein the first wireless communication device generates an interframe gap after the plurality of paired fields.