Patent ID: 8493834

Claim:
A method of processing multimedia data, the method comprising: selecting, by a controller, a multimedia coding mode from a plurality of potential multimedia coding modes for an encoder to encode the multimedia data based on multimedia content of the multimedia data prior to encoding the multimedia data; selecting, by the controller, a physical layer modulation scheme from a plurality of potential physical layer modulation schemes for transmission of the multimedia data based on the multimedia content of the multimedia data; encoding, by the encoder, the multimedia data according to the selected multimedia coding mode; and transmitting, by a transmitting module of a multimedia encoder over a wireless channel, information to a decoding device, the information identifying the selected multimedia coding mode; transmitting, by the transmitting module over the wireless channel, the encoded multimedia data according to the selected physical layer modulation scheme; and selecting, by the controller, a different multimedia coding mode and a different physical layer modulation scheme at periodic intervals of time associated with a transmission frame.