Patent ID: 8194626

Claim:
A method for increasing throughput in a wireless transmission comprises: when in a first transmission mode, transmitting a plurality of frames using a Short InterFrame Spacing (SIFS) interval; and when in a second transmission mode, transmitting the plurality of frames using a second interframe spacing interval, wherein the second interframe spacing interval is less than the SIFS interval, the transmitting of the plurality of frames using the second interframe spacing interval includes: sustaining an operating configuration of a physical (PHY) layer during transmission of the plurality of frames, wherein the operating configuration of the PHY layer is not sustained in the first transmission mode, wherein when a subsequent frame of the plurality of frames from a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer is delivered to the PHY layer while a preceding frame delivery is in process, buffering the subsequent frame until the PHY layer completes delivery of the preceding frame; instructing a destination station to suppress responses to each transmitted frame of the plurality of frames with an acknowledgment (ACK) response instruction; and causing the PHY layer to transmit each frame of the plurality of frames at a Reduced InterFrame Spacing (RIFS) interval through a RIFS indicator included with the frame.