Patent ID: 8767598

Claim:
A method for sending wireless transmissions, the method comprising: transmitting payload data from a first device to a second device in response to the payload data being available; determining that the payload data for transmitting from the first device to the second device is unavailable; transmitting a first value of an indicator from the first device to the second device in response to determining that the payload data for transmitting from the first device to the second device is unavailable, wherein the first value of the indicator indicates that the first device will not transmit to the second device for a first period of time; transmitting a first time reference value from the first device to the second device, the first time reference value replacing the first period of time, and the first time reference value being transmitted in response to determining that the payload data for transmitting from the first device to the second device is unavailable, wherein the first time reference value defines a second period of time that is less than the first period of time, and wherein the first device will not transmit to the second device during the second period of time; transmitting a second value of the indicator from the first device to the second device in response to the payload data being available, the step of transmitting the second value of the indicator being performed before the steps of transmitting the first value of the indicator and transmitting the first time reference value, wherein the second value of the indicator indicates that the first device will transmit the payload data to the second device; wherein: the first device is configured to transmit to the second device in accordance with ECMA-368 standard, the transmitting the first value of the indicator comprises transmitting a MORE FRAMES bit set to zero, and the transmitting the second value of the indicator comprises transmitting the MORE FRAMES bit set to one; and the transmitting the payload data is performed in a superframe, and the transmitting the first time reference value is performed in the superframe.