Patent ID: 7471731

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: a processor that is operable to: receive a sequence that includes a plurality of coded training fields interspersed among a plurality of frames; decode a first coded training field thereby extracting a first plurality of parameters; decode a first frame of the plurality of frames, that is subsequent to the first coded training field within the received sequence, using the first plurality of parameters thereby generating a first decoded bit; decode a second coded training field thereby extracting a second plurality of parameters; and decode a second frame of the plurality of frames, that is subsequent to the second coded training field within the received sequence, using the second plurality of parameters thereby generating a second decoded bit; and wherein: the first plurality of parameters includes at least one of a first code rate and a first modulation indicating a first constellation having a corresponding first mapping by which at least one symbol within the first frame is to be decoded; and the second plurality of parameters includes at least one of a second code rate and a second modulation indicating a second constellation having a corresponding second mapping by which at least one symbol within the second frame is to be decoded.