Patent ID: 7035338

Claim:
A method of transmitting data of at least two packets to provide inter-packet interleaving, the method comprising the following steps: inputting data of a first packet, said first packet data comprising a plurality of symbols; inputting data of a second packet, said second packet data comprising a plurality of symbols; utilizing a plurality of tones, each tone at a different frequency, to transmit the plurality of first packet data symbols and the plurality of second packet data symbols; delaying the transmission of successive ones of said first packet data symbols over time; and delaying the transmission of successive ones of said second packet data symbols over time, wherein the step of delaying the transmission of successive ones of said first packet data symbols and the step of delaying the transmission of successive ones of said second data packet results in a non-hierarchical construction; such that during at least one symbol period, said tones are transmitting at least one first packet data symbol and at least one second packet data symbol.