SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CHANNEL EFFICIENCY IN A WIRELESS LINK

摘要

System and method for improving channel efficiency in a wireless link between an access-point transceiver and a first transceiver. The first transceiver may have a first data throughput rate that is lower than the maximum possible data throughput rate of the wireless link. The first transceiver may include a first receive buffer. An indication of the first data throughput rate and a size of the first receive buffer may be received and stored by the access-point transceiver. A first size of a first data packet for transmission to the first transceiver may be determined by the access-point transceiver based on one or more of the first data throughput rate and/or the size of the first receive buffer. The first data packet of the first size may be transmitted to the first transceiver by the access-point transceiver at a data rate that is higher than the first data throughput rate.

主权项

1. A method for use by a first transceiver to improve channel efficiency in a wireless link with an access-point transceiver, wherein the first transceiver comprises a first receive buffer, the method comprising:
receiving a first data frame from the access-point transceiver via the wireless link; storing the first data frame in the receive buffer; determining that an amount of available memory in the receive buffer is below a first threshold; generating a frame acknowledgement, wherein the frame acknowledgment acknowledges receipt of the first data frame by the first transceiver, wherein the frame acknowledgement further comprises an indication of initiation of a power savings mode by the first transceiver based on the determination that the amount of available memory in the receive buffer is below the first threshold; transmitting the frame acknowledgement to the access-point transceiver, wherein the access-point transceiver does not transmit a next data frame to the first transceiver after receiving the frame acknowledgement based on the indication of initiation of the power savings mode.