Patent ID: 8670794

Claim:
A method comprising: transmitting, by a transmitter, a superposition coded packet at a transmission power level, the superposition coded packet comprising: a preamble comprising at least one superposition coded packet parameter and at least one non-superposition coded packet parameter; and a payload comprising a first packet and a second packet, wherein the first packet is formatted in accordance with a first multiple access technique, wherein the second packet is formatted in accordance with a second multiple access technique that is different from the first multiple access technique, wherein the at least one superposition coded packet parameter includes power allocation information including a first fractional level of the transmission power level and a second fractional level of the transmission power level, wherein the first fractional level is allocated to the first packet and the second fractional level is allocated to the second packet, and wherein the first packet is transmitted at a first power level and the second packet is transmitted at a second power level.