Method and system for medium access control (mac) layer specialization for voice and multimedia data streams

A method comprising:

• receiving, by use of a processor, video data for transmission from a radio frequency (RF) front end that is coupled to a plurality of transmission antennas, the video data including a frame structure having I frames, P frames and B frames;
• assigning, by use of the processor, a priority level associated with the video data in accordance with the frame structure so that I frames are assigned a high priority level and B frames are assigned a low priority level;
• determining, by use of the processor, a number of times the video data is to be transmitted based on the priority level, wherein the priority level determines the number of times the video data is retransmitted;
• assigning one or more transmission antennas based on the priority level to transmit the video data;
• transmitting the data to a target device in accordance with a transmission state until an acknowledgement of data reception is received from a target device;
• and
• when the number of times the video data is transmitted is reached without receiving the acknowledgement,
• terminating retransmission of the video data;
• and
• determining an updated transmission state, based on the on the priority level and triggered by determining the number of times the video data is transmitted is reached without receiving the acknowledgement.

An apparatus comprising:

• a radio frequency (RF) front end operable to couple to a plurality of transmission antennas;
• and
• a processor coupled to the RF front end, wherein the processor is configured to:
• assign a priority level associated with video data to be transmitted by the RF front end, the video data including a frame structure having I frames, P frames and B frames and wherein the priority level is associated with the video data in accordance with the frame structure so that I frames are assigned a highest priority level and B frames are assigned a lowest priority level;
• determine a transmission window based on the priority level in accordance with the frame structure, wherein the priority level determines a time duration of the transmission window;
• assign one or more transmission antennas based on the priority level to transmit the video data;
• cause transmission and retransmission of the video data in accordance with a transmission state until an acknowledgement is received from a target device receiving the video data;
• and
• when the time duration of the transmission window is reached without receiving the acknowledgement, terminating retransmission of the video data, and determining an updated processor state based on the on the priority level and triggered by determining the time duration of the transmission window is reached without receiving the acknowledgement.