Abstract: Wireless networks are becoming increasingly heterogeneous in terms of the processing capabilities of network users' receiving equipment. According to embodiments of the invention, in a communications network comprising a plurality of receivers with different data reception rate capabilities, data frames targeted to respective receivers may be transmitted to the receivers in accordance with the respective data reception rate capabilities of the receivers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 10, 2010
Assignee:
AT&T Mobility II, LLC
Inventors:
Jose Rodriguez-Sanchez, Derek Hilborn, Eamonn Gormley