Patent ID: 7965736

Claim:
An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising: means for receiving a plurality of physical layer (PHY) packets of a predetermined size and carrying a plurality of multiplex protocol data units (MUX-PDUs), each PHY packet carrying one or more MUX-PDUs, wherein each MUX-PDU that conforms to or is smaller than the predetermined size being sent in one PHY packet and each MUX-PDU that is larger than the predetermined size being sent in a plurality of PHY packets; means for processing each PHY packet to recover the one or more MUX-PDUs sent in the PHY packet; and means for demultiplexing the plurality of MUX-PDUs obtained from the plurality of PHY packets into a plurality of media streams, wherein the means for processing each PHY packet further comprises: means for examining each header encountered in the PHY packet to determine whether a valid MUX-PDU is being sent in the PHY packet, means for forwarding each valid MUX-PDU found in the PHY packet, and means for discarding any non-valid MUX-PDU and each padding byte encountered in the PHY packet.