Patent ID: 9130890
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of scheduling frames, comprising: selecting a first channel of a plurality of channels for a first frame; sending the first frame across a media-independent interface to a physical-layer device for transmission on the first channel, wherein a data rate of the media-independent interface is greater than a data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel; calculating a first period of time required to compensate for rate adaption from the data rate of the media-independent interface to the data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel, wherein calculating the first period of time includes calculating a ratio of the data rate of the media-independent interface and the data rate of the physical-layer device, and multiplying the ratio by a length of the first frame; after sending the first frame, disabling subsequent sending of frames for the first channel across the media-independent interface for the first period of time; and enabling subsequent sending of frames for the first channel across the media-independent interface after the first period of time has elapsed.