Patent ID: 8355389

Claim:
A method, comprising: participating by a first device in establishment of a first device pair with a second device; participating by the first device in establishment of a simultaneous transmissions mode between the first device pair, and a second device pair including a third and fourth devices; wirelessly receiving by the first device a portion of a first packet from the third device that was transmitted by the third device and destined for the fourth device, the portion of the first packet containing a length value and a wireless transmission rate value for the first packet; calculating by the first device, a remaining duration for the first packet based on the length and transmission rate values; generating by the first device, a second packet to be transmitted by the first device and destined for the second device, having a duration that fits within and is less than or equal to the calculated remaining duration of the first packet; and wirelessly transmitting by the first device, the second packet destined for the second device to fit within the calculated remaining duration of the first packet.