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MAC Header Compression in Long-Range Wireless Local Area Networks

  • US 20130195001A1
  • Filed: 01/28/2013
  • Published: 08/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at or from a station (STA), a plurality of packets, whereineach packet of the plurality of packets includes (i) a set of one or more flag bits, and (ii) a medium access control (MAC) header, andeach MAC header contains at least (i) a first address field specifying a receiver address, and (ii) a second address field specifying a transmitter address;

    determining whether each set of one or more flag bits indicates that the STA was associated with an access point (AP) when the respective packet was generated; and

    processing the MAC header of each packet of the plurality of packets, wherein processing the MAC header of each packet includes processing a third address field in each packet for which it is determined that the respective set of one or more flag bits indicates that the STA was not associated with an AP when the respective packet was generated, and wherein the third address field contains a MAC address of the STA.

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