Patent ID: 8396064
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A sending device-implemented method of generating a frame of aggregated data, the method comprising the steps of: (a) the sending device associating one or more user data frames into aggregated user data in accordance with a first layer; (b) the sending device generating two or more sub-frames from the aggregated user data by adding a header to each sub-frame of the aggregated data, each sub-frame having a format in accordance with a second layer; and (c) the sending device forming an aggregated frame from the two or more sub-frames in accordance with a third layer, wherein: the third layer is an intermediate aggregation layer disposed either (i) between a medium access control (MAC) layer and a physical (PHY) layer, or (ii) between a logical link control (LLC) layer and a MAC layer; step (a) includes the step of the sending device grouping the one or more user data frames into a dummy frame as the aggregated data; and step (b) comprises the step of the sending device adding the header to the dummy frame in accordance with the second layer to generate a sub-frame.