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Hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11 including transmission control interface component

  • US 20080270630A1
  • Filed: 04/26/2007
  • Published: 10/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer, comprising:

  • a processing unit comprising at least one processor;

    a driver module that executes on the processing unit, the driver module comprising a hardware control interface having at least a transmission control interface component configured to provide transmission control information to a network adapter to control the network adapter to communicate in accordance with IEEE standard 802.11, the transmission control information comprising;

    a first field comprising at least one flag, each one of the at least one flag representing transmission-related information;

    a second field comprising transmission rate information;

    a third field comprising arbitration inter-frame space number information; and

    a fourth field comprising contention window information.

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