Patent ID: 8817698

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: a receiver including a Physical Layer (PHY) and a Media Access Control (MAC) layer to process signals of a wireless communication packet, the packet including an aggregate MAC protocol data unit (A-MPDU) including a PHY header to be processed by the PHY, the PHY header followed by a plurality of subframes, each subframe including a MAC header to be processed by the MAC layer, wherein the physical layer is to at least partially process a portion of the PHY header prior to the plurality of subframes, to determine based on the portion of the PHY header, whether the packet is intended to be received by the receiver and, if the packet is not intended to be received by the receiver, to abort processing of a remainder of the communication packet by one or more components of the PHY, wherein, if processing is not to be aborted based on the portion of the PHY header, the MAC layer is to process a first subframe of said A-MPDU, while the PHY is to process at least one subframe subsequent to said first subframe, wherein said MAC layer is to determine based on a MAC header of said first subframe whether the packet is intended to be received by the receiver and, if the packet is not intended to be received by the receiver, to cause the PHY to abort processing of the wireless communication packet, and wherein the receiver is to determine a power-down period based on a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) header when Transmit Opportunity (TxOp) termination is implemented, or based on a duration field of the MAC header of the first subframe when TxOp termination is not implemented, and to power down one or more receiver components for the power-down period.