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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Sonali Bagchi, San Jose, CA (US);
Sonali Bagchi, San Jose, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A medium access control (MAC) device comprises memory, a queue module, and a control module. Memory stores N transmission parameter specifications and N−1 count values, each count value being associated with one of the N specifications, where N is an integer greater than one. The queue module stores a plurality of frames. The control module receives a first frame of the plurality of frames from the queue module and selectively attempts to transmit the first frame using a first specification of the N specifications until at least one of successful transmission occurs, a number of unsuccessful transmissions is equal to one of the N−1 count values associated with the first specification, and a predetermined period expires. The control module selectively attempts to transmit the first frame using a second specification of the N specifications when transmission of the first frame is unsuccessful using the first specification.