公开(公告)号：AU2004310448B2

公开(公告)日：2010-11-04

申请号：AU2004310448

申请日：2004-11-22

Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

Inventor： KOSTOFF STANLEY J III ,  GARGRAVE TIMOTHY R ,  EARNSHAW WILLIAM E ,  YONGE LAWRENCE W III ,  KATAR SRINIVAS ,  BLANCHARD BART W

IPC: G06F15/173 ,  H04L20060101 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L12/56 ,  H04L47/36 ,  H04L47/43

Abstract: A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.