Wireless computer system with latency masking

摘要

A wireless computer system ( 30 ) is formed to have a host section ( 31 ) and a wireless hardware section ( 40 ). A first portion of a transmission frame is formed in system memory ( 36 ) of a host section ( 31 ) and a second portion of the transmission frame is formed in the wireless hardware section ( 40 ). The wireless hardware section ( 40 ) begins transmitting the first transmission frame portion while downloading the second transmission frame portion from the system memory ( 36 ) into the wireless hardware section ( 40 ). Bus latencies are masked by at least overlapping transmitting the first portion of the transmit frame while downloading the second portion.