System and method for wireless communication of uncompressed video having a beacon length indication
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1. A system for wireless communication of uncompressed video comprising:
- a processor for generating a beacon length indication value representing the time length of a beacon frame;
a memory in communication with the processor to store the beacon length indication value; and
a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the beacon length indication value, wherein the beacon length indication value is added to a medium access control protocol data unit (MPDU) length subfield of a long low-rate physical layer (LRP) header, wherein the beacon length indication value is placed in an LRP payload indication primitive, wherein the LRP payload indication primitive is obtained before a corresponding beacon frame such that a receiver may receive the LRP payload indication primitive prior to the entire beacon frame and wherein the process for contending the current LRP channel is completed before the completion of processing of the beacon frame by a receiving station.
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Abstract
A system and method for efficiently communicating messages over a low-rate channel between multiple devices in a system for wireless communication of uncompressed video is disclosed. A beacon length indication and processing method is provided to solve the problem of long beacon processing delay at the MAC layer of a receiving station.
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1. A system for wireless communication of uncompressed video comprising:
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a processor for generating a beacon length indication value representing the time length of a beacon frame; a memory in communication with the processor to store the beacon length indication value; and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the beacon length indication value, wherein the beacon length indication value is added to a medium access control protocol data unit (MPDU) length subfield of a long low-rate physical layer (LRP) header, wherein the beacon length indication value is placed in an LRP payload indication primitive, wherein the LRP payload indication primitive is obtained before a corresponding beacon frame such that a receiver may receive the LRP payload indication primitive prior to the entire beacon frame and wherein the process for contending the current LRP channel is completed before the completion of processing of the beacon frame by a receiving station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for wireless communication of uncompressed video comprising:
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a receiver for wirelessly receiving a beacon length indication value representing the time length of a beacon frame, wherein the beacon length indication value is added to a medium access control protocol data unit (MPDU) length subfield of a long low-rate physical layer (LRP) header, wherein the beacon length indication value is placed in an LRP payload indication primitive; a first memory to store the beacon length indication value; and a processor in data communication with the first memory for initiating and completing a process for contending a current LRP channel using the beacon length indication value before the completion of processing of the beacon frame by a receiving station, wherein the LRP payload indication primitive is received before a corresponding beacon frame such that the receiver receives the LRP payload indication primitive prior to the entire beacon frame. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of processing of beacon frames in a system for wireless communication of uncompressed video, the method comprising:
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generating a beacon length indication value representing the time length of a beacon frame; storing the beacon length indication value in a beacon frame by adding the beacon length indication value to a medium access control protocol data unit (MPDU) length subfield of a long low-rate physical layer (LRP) header, wherein the beacon length indication value is placed in an LRP payload indication primitive; and wirelessly transmitting the beacon frame, wherein the LRP payload indication primitive is received before a corresponding beacon frame such that a receiver may receive the LRP payload indication primitive prior to the entire beacon frame and wherein the process for contending the current LRP channel is completed before the completion of processing of the beacon frame by a receiving station. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of processing of beacon frames in a system for wireless communication of uncompressed video, the method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving a beacon frame that includes a beacon length indication value representing the time length of a beacon frame by a receiving station, wherein the beacon length value is obtained from a medium access control protocol data unit (MPDU) length subfield of a long low-rate physical layer (LRP) header, wherein the beacon length indication value is placed in an LRP payload indication primitive; and initiating and completing a process for contending a current low rate physical layer (LRP) channel using the beacon length indication value by the receiving station before the completion of processing of the beacon frame, wherein the LRP payload indication primitive is received before a corresponding beacon frame such that the receiving station receives the LRP payload indication primitive prior to the entire beacon frame. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-usable non-transitory medium in a system for wireless communication of uncompressed video having computer readable code comprising instructions for:
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processing and storing a beacon length indication value representing the time length of a beacon frame, wherein the beacon length indication value is added to a medium access control protocol data unit (MPDU) length subfield of a long low-rate physical layer (LRP) header, wherein the beacon length indication value is placed in an LRP payload indication primitive, wherein the LRP payload indication primitive is received before a corresponding beacon frame such that a receiving station receives the LRP payload indication primitive prior to the entire beacon frame and wherein processing for contending the current LRP channel is completed before the completion of processing of the beacon frame by a receiving station.
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