Patent ID: RE45236

Claim:
A method of sending data over a wireless data channel including: obtaining master channel data and secondary channel data; processing the master channel data into a first baseband encoded signal associated with a master channel; processing using a processing circuit the secondary channel data into a second baseband encoded signal associated with a secondary channel; binding the master channel and the secondary channel at least in part by combining the first baseband encoded signal and the second baseband encoded signal into a combined baseband encoded signal, wherein multiple channels are bound if a single wireless association is used to instantiate the master channel and the secondary channel; upconverting the combined baseband encoded signal to a transmit frequency to obtain a transmit signal; and sending the transmit signal over the wireless data channel; wherein: the number of secondary channels is even; only the master channel is used to negotiate wireless association; and the master channel and the secondary channel carry independent data packets and wherein transmitting of the independent data packets results in the transmit duration on the master channel being substantially the same or greater than the transmit duration on the secondary channel.