Patent ID: 8655279

Claim:
One or more computer-readable memory devices storing processor-executable instructions that, responsive to execution by a processor, implement a wireless communication module to: transmit, from a first wireless-communication-capable device, a first signal indicating a request to use a wireless medium for a first duration of time, the first signal transmitted at a first power and with a first modulation; and responsive to receiving, from a second wireless-communication-capable device, a response indicating that the wireless medium is free to use for the first duration of time, transmit, from the first wireless-transmission-capable device during the first duration of time for which use of the wireless medium is requested, a second signal transmitting data to a third wireless-communication-capable device, the second signal transmitted at a second power, with a second modulation, and for a second duration of time less than or equal to the first duration of time, the second signal being different from the first signal, the second power being less than the first power, and the second modulation being different than the first modulation.