AGGREGATING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TRANSMITTED BY AN ACCESS POINT TO A PLURALITY OF CLIENT STATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

An access point including a medium access control module and an acknowledgment generating module. The medium access control module designates a predetermined time period to communicate with a first set of client stations, and instructs a second set of client stations to transmit data at a time other than the predetermined time period. The acknowledgment generating module generates a plurality of acknowledgements in response to receiving data from the first set of client stations during the predetermined time period. The medium access control module aggregates the plurality of acknowledgements in a single aggregated frame. The single aggregated frame includes a plurality of sub-frames. Each sub-frame of the single aggregated frame includes one of the plurality of acknowledgements. The medium access control module transmit the single aggregated frame to the first set of client stations during the predetermined time period.

主权项

1. An access point comprising:
a medium access control module to designate a predetermined time period to communicate with a first set of client stations, and instruct a second set of client stations to transmit data at a time other than the predetermined time period; and an acknowledgment generating module to generate a plurality of acknowledgements in response to receiving data from the first set of client stations during the predetermined time period, wherein the medium access control module is further to aggregate the plurality of acknowledgements in a single aggregated frame, wherein the single aggregated frame includes a plurality of sub-frames, and wherein each sub-frame of the single aggregated frame includes one of the plurality of acknowledgements, and transmit the single aggregated frame to the first set of client stations during the predetermined time period.