Wireless HD MAC frame format
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a media access controller (MAC) for generating a composite packet having a format configurable to carry one or more of audio, video and data traffic, a header portion of the composite packet encoded separately from a data portion of the composite packet, wherein the composite packet includes a plurality of sub-packets each sharing a common MAC header and a PHY header, wherein at least a first sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a first Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) that encodes the first sub-packet according to a first data rate and a first level of robustness, and wherein at least a second sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a second MCS different than the first MCS, the second MCS encoding the second sub-packet according to second data rate lower than the first data rate and a second level of robustness higher than the first level of robustness;
a physical device interface (PHY) coupled to the MAC, the PHY to encode and decode between a digital signal and a modulated analog signal, the PHY comprising a high rate physical layer circuit (HRP) and a low rate physical layer circuit (LRP), wherein the HRP supports a data rate greater than or equal to one gigabit per second and the LRP supports a data rate less than one gigabit per second; and
a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the PHY to transmit data.
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Abstract
A media access controller (MAC) generates a composite packet having an optimized format for carrying audio, video, and data traffic. A header portion of the composite packet is encoded separately from a data portion of the composite packet. A physical device interface (PHY) is coupled to the MAC. The PHY encodes and decodes between a digital signal and a modulated analog signal. The PHY comprises a high rate physical layer circuit (HRP) and a low rate physical layer circuit (LRP). A radio frequency (RF) transmitter is coupled to the PHY to transmit data.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a media access controller (MAC) for generating a composite packet having a format configurable to carry one or more of audio, video and data traffic, a header portion of the composite packet encoded separately from a data portion of the composite packet, wherein the composite packet includes a plurality of sub-packets each sharing a common MAC header and a PHY header, wherein at least a first sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a first Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) that encodes the first sub-packet according to a first data rate and a first level of robustness, and wherein at least a second sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a second MCS different than the first MCS, the second MCS encoding the second sub-packet according to second data rate lower than the first data rate and a second level of robustness higher than the first level of robustness; a physical device interface (PHY) coupled to the MAC, the PHY to encode and decode between a digital signal and a modulated analog signal, the PHY comprising a high rate physical layer circuit (HRP) and a low rate physical layer circuit (LRP), wherein the HRP supports a data rate greater than or equal to one gigabit per second and the LRP supports a data rate less than one gigabit per second; and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the PHY to transmit data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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generating a composite packet with a wireless HD MAC frame format configurable to carry audio, video, and data traffic; encoding a header portion of the composite packet separately from a data portion of the composite packet, wherein the composite packet includes four video sub-packets, one audio subpacket one data sub-packet, and one control sub-packet, each of the sub-packets sharing a common MAC header and a PHY header, at least a first sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a different Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) that encodes the first sub-packet according to a first data rate and a first level of robustness, and wherein at least a second sub-packet of the plurality of sub-packets in the composite packet is encoded according to a second MCS different than the first MCS, the second MCS encoding the second sub-packet according to a second data rate lower than the first data rate and a second level of robustness higher than the first level of robustness. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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