Patent ID: 8432934

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a transmitter; a controller coupled to the transmitter and receiver; wherein the controller initiates transmission of a multi-rate multi-response multi-receiver aggregate frame via the transmitter; wherein the controller continues transmitting at least one data frame embedded in the multi-rate, multi-response, multi-receiver aggregate frame until encountering a multi-receiver multi-response aggregate frame; wherein the controller transmits the multi-receiver multi-response aggregate frame embedded within the multi-rate multi-receiver multi-response aggregate frame; wherein the controller suspends transmission of the multi-rate multi-response multi-receiver aggregate frame, responsive to transmitting the multi-receiver multi-response aggregate frame, immediately after sending the multi-receiver multi-response aggregate frame embedded within the multi-rate multi-response multi-receiver aggregate before sending a next frame contained within the multi-rate multi-response multi-receiver aggregate frame; wherein the controller waits for a predetermined time period after suspending the transmission; and wherein the controller resumes transmission of the multi-rate multi-response multi-receiver aggregate frame after waiting the predetermined time period; wherein resuming transmission comprises sending the next frame contained within the multi-rate, multi-response, multi-receiver aggregate frame.