Patent ID: 7583649

Claim:
A medium access control (MAC) device comprising: memory that stores N sets of transmission parameters and N−1 count values, each count value being associated with one of said N sets of transmission parameters, wherein N is an integer greater than one; a queue module that stores a plurality of frames; and a control module that receives a first frame of said plurality of frames from said queue module and selectively transmits said first frame using a first transmission parameter set of a first one of said N sets of transmission parameters until at least one of successful transmission occurs, a number of unsuccessful transmissions is equal to one of said N−1 count values associated with said first transmission parameter set, and a predetermined period expires, and wherein said control module selectively transmits said first frame using a second transmission parameter set of a second one of said N sets of transmission parameters when transmission of said first frame is unsuccessful using said first transmission parameter set, wherein each of said first transmission parameter set and said second transmission parameter set comprises M transmission parameters, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.