Patent ID: 8494001

Claim:
A method of generating data frames for transmission over a data network, comprising: combining, by a station, a plurality of MAC (Media Access Control) data frames with only a single Physical Layer Control Procedure (PLCP) overhead, each MAC data frame including a header, a data field, and a frame check sequence (FCS), wherein the header, data field, and frame check sequence respectively correspond to a MAC header portion, a MAC frame body portion, and a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) portion; combining, by the station, a concatenated MAC header with the single PLCP overhead, the concatenated MAC header indicating both a number of MAC data frames in said plurality of MAC data frames and a length of the plurality of MAC data frames, wherein the concatenated MAC header is separate from the MAC header in each MAC data frame of the plurality of MAC data frames; and if said plurality of MAC data frames are addressed to a common destination, both said concatenated MAC header further includes an indication of the destination and said MAC header portion in each MAC data frame of the plurality of MAC data frames is compressed to exclude said destination from said MAC header portion in each MAC data frame of said plurality of MAC data frames.