Patent ID: 8233465

Claim:
A method for wireless communication in a network that includes non-legacy devices, the method comprises: determining whether a legacy device is within a proximal region of the wireless communication; when the legacy device is not within the proximal region, format a frame to include: a native preamble; at least one signal field; at least one service field; an inter frame gap; and a data field; when the legacy device is within the proximal region, formatting a frame to include: a first portion having a legacy preamble that is readable by the legacy device in accordance with a legacy frame format; a second portion having an extended preamble that is unreadable by the legacy device in accordance with the legacy frame format and is readable by the non-legacy devices in accordance with a non-legacy frame format; a third portion that is readable by the legacy device in accordance with the legacy frame format and is readable by the non-legacy devices in accordance with a non-legacy frame format that includes at least one of: at least one service field; an inter frame gap; and a data field.