Techniques to manage communication rates in a wireless network
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a transceiver; and
a media access controller to connect to said transceiver, said media access controller to send a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units using said transceiver, said first number comprises a maximum number of media access control protocol data units for a given packet error rate, receive a first acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from said first physical protocol data unit, estimate a coherence time using the first acknowledgement message, select a data communication rate based on the estimated coherence time, adjust a length of a second physical protocol data unit by selecting a third number of media access control protocol data units for the second physical protocol data unit using said second number and said data communication rate and receive a second acknowledgement message to confirm acceptance of the data communication rate of the second physical protocol data unit.
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Abstract
System, apparatus, and method to manage data communication rates in a wireless network are described. In an embodiment, a system may include multiple antennas, multiple transceivers to connect to the multiple antennas; and a media access controller to connect to the transceivers. The media access controller may send a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units using the transceivers. The media access controller may receive an acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from the first physical protocol data unit. The media access controller may select a third number of media access control protocol data units for a second physical protocol data unit using the second number.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a transceiver; and a media access controller to connect to said transceiver, said media access controller to send a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units using said transceiver, said first number comprises a maximum number of media access control protocol data units for a given packet error rate, receive a first acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from said first physical protocol data unit, estimate a coherence time using the first acknowledgement message, select a data communication rate based on the estimated coherence time, adjust a length of a second physical protocol data unit by selecting a third number of media access control protocol data units for the second physical protocol data unit using said second number and said data communication rate and receive a second acknowledgement message to confirm acceptance of the data communication rate of the second physical protocol data unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system, comprising:
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multiple antennas; multiple transceivers to connect to said multiple antennas; and a media access controller to connect to said transceivers, said media access controller to send a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units using said transceivers, said first number comprises a maximum number of media access control protocol data units for a given packet error rate, receive a first acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from said first physical protocol data unit, estimate a coherence time using the first acknowledgement message, select a data communication rate based on the estimated coherence time, adjust a length of a second physical protocol data unit by selecting a third number of media access control protocol data units for the second physical protocol data unit using said second number and said data communication rate and receive a second acknowledgement message to confirm acceptance of the data communication rate of the second physical protocol data unit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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sending a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units, said first number comprises a maximum number of media access control protocol data units for a given packet error rate; receiving a first acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from said first physical protocol data unit; estimating a coherence time using the first acknowledgement message; selecting a data communication rate based on the estimated coherence time; and adjusting a length of a second physical protocol data unit by selecting a third number of media access control protocol data units for the second physical protocol data unit using said second number and said data communication rate; and receiving a second acknowledgement message to confirm acceptance of the data communication rate of the second physical protocol data unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An article comprising a non transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to send a first physical protocol data unit having a first number of media access control protocol data units, said first number comprises a maximum number of media access control protocol data units for a given packet error rate, receive a first acknowledgement message to indicate a second number of media access control protocol data units received from said first physical protocol data unit, estimate a coherence time using the first acknowledgement message;
- select a data communication rate based on the estimated coherence time;
adjust a length of a second physical protocol data unit by selecting a third number of media access control protocol data units for the second physical protocol data unit using said second number and said data communication rate and receive a second acknowledgement message to confirm acceptance of the data communication rate of the second physical protocol data unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
- select a data communication rate based on the estimated coherence time;
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