Method and system for improving the efficiency of packet transmission in a multi-user wireless communication system

A receiver utilized in a wireless communications system comprising:

• an antenna array for receiving a multi-user packet comprising a plurality of user packets;
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• a calculating mechanism for determining a lowest coding rate of a coding scheme for de-puncturing at least one user packet of the plurality of user packets by using decode signal field information including a user packet length, and deriving a coding rate for the efficient transmission of the at least one user packet from a standard coding rate by de-puncturing bits in the at least one user packet to extend the user packet length.

A transmitter utilized in a wireless communications system for transmission a multi-user packet which comprises a plurality of user packets, the transmitter comprising:

• a calculating mechanism for determining a lowest coding rate of a coding scheme for de-puncturing at least one user packet of the plurality of user packets by using decode signal field information including a user packet length, and deriving a coding rate for the efficient transmission of the at least one user packet from a standard coding rate by de-puncturing bits in the at least one user packet to extend the user packet length;
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• a decoder for decoding the calculated multi-user packet.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for utilized in a wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving a multi-user packet that comprises a plurality of user packets, the communication system including a transmitter and a receiver, the program instruction being executable on a computer, the program instructions comprising:

• determining a lowest coding rate of a coding scheme for de-puncturing at least one user packet of the plurality of user packets by using decode signal field information including a user packet length;
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• deriving a coding rate for the efficient transmission of the at least one user packet from a standard coding rate by de-puncturing bits in the at least one user packet to extend the user packet length.