Patent ID: 8249031

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting that a first wireless network device of a communication system comprises data to be transmitted; determining a communication schedule for a second wireless network device of the communication system; calculating a communication time interval for the first wireless network device based on the communication schedule for the second wireless network device; determining a number of data packets of the first wireless network device that can be transmitted during the communication time interval; generating an aggregate for the first wireless network device comprising the determined number of data packets that can be transmitted during the communication time interval; determining whether a start time instant of the communication time interval, at which the aggregate for the first wireless network device should be transmitted for successful transmission of the aggregate during the communication time interval, has expired, and whether transmission of the aggregate for the first wireless network device has been initiated; and modifying the communication time interval for the first wireless network device and the aggregate for the first wireless network device, if it is determined that the start time instant of the communication time interval has expired and transmission of the aggregate for the first wireless network device has not been initiated.