Asymmetric wireless protocol communications with disparate modulation and rate for upstream and downstream traffic

A method of wireless communication between a first station and a second station, the first station comprising a more sensitive receiver and the second station comprising a less sensitive receiver, the method comprising:

• at the first station, transmitting data packets to the second station using a first modulation selected from a set of 802.11b modulations at a first data rate selected from a set of 802.11b rates;
• at the first station, transmitting acknowledgement packets using a first acknowledgement modulation selected from the set of 802.11b modulations at a first acknowledgement rate selected from the set of 802.11b rates;
• at the second station, transmitting data packets to the first station using a second modulation selected from a set of OFDM modulations at a second data rate selected from a set of OFDM rates;
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• at the second station, transmitting acknowledgement packets using a second acknowledgement modulation selected from the set of OFDM modulations.

A method of wireless communications with a first station, the method comprising:

• transmitting a first data packet to a second station using a first wireless communication protocol, the first wireless communication protocol is predetermined using one or more attributes of the second station;
• receiving a second data packet from the second station, the second data packet transmitted using a second wireless communications protocol, and the second wireless communication protocol is predetermined using one or more attributes of the first station
• receiving a first acknowledgment packet from the second station using a third wireless communication protocol in response to sending the first data packet to the second station, the third wireless communication protocol is predetermined using one or more attributes of the second station;
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• transmitting a second acknowledgment packet to the second station in response to receiving the second data packet from the second station, the second acknowledgment packet is transmitted using a fourth wireless protocol, and the fourth wireless communication protocol is predetermined using one or more attributes of the first station.