Data and wireless frame alignment for error reduction

A method for reducing errors in streaming data over a wireless link, the method comprising:

• aligning a start of a data frame with a first wireless packet;
• transmitting a beginning portion of the data frame in the first wireless packet over the wireless link;
• inserting into a second wireless packet an ending portion of the data frame along with fill data sufficient to fill the second wireless packet;
• and
• transmitting the second wireless packet over the wireless link.

A method for reducing errors in streaming video data over a wireless link, the method comprising:

• requiring wireless packets transmitted over the wireless link to be of a uniform size;
• aligning a start of a video frame with a start of a first wireless packet, wherein the video frame is greater in size than the uniform size;
• transmitting over the network a beginning portion of the video frame in a first wireless packet;
• inserting an ending portion of the video frame into a second wireless packet;
• inserting fill data into the second wireless packet sufficient to fill the second wireless packet;
• transmitting over the wireless link the second wireless packet containing the ending portion of the video frame and the fill data;
• and
• prohibiting re-transmission of wireless packets over the wireless link.