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US 2013/0155929 A1Published application
System and Method for Communicating Using Short-Header Frames
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsOsama Aboul-Magd, Kwok Shum Au
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Abstract
A method for communicating information from a power-constrained device includes configuring, by the power-constrained device, a short media access control (MAC) frame having fewer fields than a full-length MAC frame. The method also includes transmitting, by the power-constrained device, the short MAC frame.
Claims23
A method for communicating information from a power-constrained device, the method comprising:
- configuring, by the power-constrained device, a short media access control (MAC) frame having fewer fields than a full-length MAC frame;
- and
- transmitting, by the power-constrained device, the short MAC frame.
A short frame stored in memory, comprising:
- a frame control field immediately adjacent to a first address field;
- a second address field immediately adjacent to the first address field;
- a sequence control field immediately adjacent to the second address field;
- and
- a frame check sequence field adjacent to the sequence control field, wherein the short frame has fewer fields than a full-length frame.
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A communications device comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a short media access control (MAC) frame, the short MAC frame having fewer fields than a full-length MAC frame;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the transmitter, the processor configured to generate the short MAC frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.