MULTIPLE RECEIVER AGGREGATION (MRA) WITH DIFFERENT DATA RATES FOR IEEE 802.11N

摘要

Method, frame definitions (300, 400, 500, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1300, 1400) and system for transmission of an aggregation of packets which includes a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Units (MPDUs) or PLCP (Physical Layer Convergence Protocol) Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) intended for one or several receivers and transmitted at one or several different Physical (PHY) rates. In some aspects of the invention, a preamble, rsp.mid-amble (415.i, 515.i, 715.i, 815.i, 1015.i, 1215.i, 1315.i) is transmitted in-between each or between multiples of MPDUs or PPDUs allowing receiver devices to go into sleep mode and wake-up during the aggregate or packet burst. Furthermore, information is transmitted at the beginning of the aggregate/packet burst, which allows devices to deduce the position of MPDUs/PPDUs or multiples of MPDUs/PPDUs in the aggregate. MPDUs or PPDUs are grouped in order to enable efficient sleep times of the receiving devices. The receiving devices decode the information at the beginning of the aggregate/burst, fall into sleep-mode and wake up shortly before their packets have to be received.