Patent ID: 7885227

Claim:
A wireless client device comprising: an application subsystem including a processor, a storage device coupled to the processor; a communication subsystem coupled to the application subsystem, the communication subsystem including a media access control (MAC) device, a physical (PHY) device, wherein the physical device is operably coupled to the processor of the application subsystem; wherein the physical device is operable to receive a wireless signal, to analyze the wireless signal for at least one aspect of wireless performance, and to determine if the at least one aspect of wireless performance can be improved, wherein, if it is determined that the at least one aspect of wireless performance can be improved, the physical device is operable to pass the wireless signal to the processor of the application subsystem for processing of the wireless signal within the processor, and if it is determined that the at least one aspect of wireless performance can not be improved, the physical device is operable to process the wireless signal within the physical device.