Media access control protocol data unit aggregation in a time division multiple access media access control layer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9385881
APP PUB NO 20100091759A1
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12312793

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A method and apparatus are described for creating a multi-media stream (e.g., video, voice, audio, etc. . . . ) Super-MAC frame in a physical protocol data unit, including inserting a physical layer header into a channel time allocation and generating the multi-media stream SuperMAC frame further including, appending a media access control header after the physical layer header, calculating a header correction code, appending the header correction code after the media access control header, appending a media access control multi-media stream payload from a transmit queue, calculating a frame check sequence, appending the frame check sequence after the media access control multi-media stream payload and repeating the above acts, after inserting the physical layer header, until one of the channel time allocation is full or all transmit queues are empty.

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THOMSON LICENSING975 AVENUE DES CHAMPS BLANCS CESSON-SEVIGNE 35576

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Diemer, Rodger Anthony Indianapolis, US 6 97
Rhodes, Robert Andrew Carmel, US 12 86
Stahl, Thomas Anthony Indianapolis, US 33 1254
Tian, Qingjiang West Lafayette, US 99 640

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