An access point and a method for transmitting data through an access point are disclosed, In one embodiment the access point includes a MAC processor configured to process and output a single transmit data stream, and a physical layer (PHY) processor configured to split the single transmit data stream in a plurality of transmit data streams, the physical layer (PHY) processor further configured to process a first group of one or more channel paths for the first set of one or more transmit data streams according to the first mode of operation and a second group of one or more channel paths for the second set of one or more transmit data streams according to the second mode of operation.