PARALLEL AGGREGATE MAC PROTOCOL DATA UNITS FOR FAST LINK ADAPTATION

1 . A method of wireless data transmission, comprising:

generating, by a processor, two or more aggregated MAC protocol data units (A-MPDU's), said generated A-MPDUs aggregating at least some of the same MAC protocol data units (MPDU's) and addressed to the same receiver, wherein each A-MPDU is generated for a different modulation coding scheme;

determining a modulation coding scheme for data transmission; and

transmitting a subset of the generated A-MPDUs corresponding to the determined modulation coding scheme to the receiver.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each generated A-MPDU aggregates MPDU's mapped to the same service category.

3 . (canceled)

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a modulation coding scheme for data transmission is based on at least one indicator derived from received data packets.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one indicator includes at least one of: RSSI (received signal strength indication), SNR (signal to noise ratio), MCS feedback of received data packets, and a packet error rate of transmission.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the received data packets are sent from a neighboring access point.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the received data packets are sent from a user equipment.

8 . A wireless data transmission system, comprising:

memory; and

a processor configured to:

generate two or more aggregated MAC protocol data units (A-MPDU's) said generated A-MPDUs aggregating at least some of the same MAC protocol data units (MPDU's) and addressed to the same receiver, wherein each A-MPDU is generated by aggregating MAC protocol data units (MPDU's) for a different modulation coding scheme;

determine a modulation coding scheme for wireless data transmission; and

cause a subset of the generated A-MPDUs corresponding to the determined modulation coding scheme to be transmitted to the receiver.

9 . The wireless data transmission system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is to generate each of the A-MPDU's by aggregating MPDU's mapped to the same service category.

10 . (canceled)

11 . The wireless data transmission system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is to determine a modulation coding scheme for data transmission based on at least one indicator derived from received data packets.

12 . The wireless data transmission system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one indicator includes at least one of: RSSI (received signal strength indication), SNR (signal to noise ratio), MCS feedback of received data packets, and a packet error rate of transmission.

13 . The wireless data transmission system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is to receive the data packets from a neighboring access point.

14 . The wireless data transmission system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is to receive the data packets from a user equipment.

15 . The wireless data transmission system of claim 8 , wherein the wireless data transmission is according to an IEEE 802.11 standard.

16 . A wireless transceiver, comprising:

a transmitter to transmit data according to an IEEE 802.11 protocol;

a processor to aggregate at least some of the same MPDU's addressed to the same receiver into multiple A-MPDU's, wherein each A-MPDU is for a different modulation coding scheme (MCS); and

a receiver to receive data packets according to the IEEE 802.11 protocol, wherein the processor is further to determine a MCS based on the received data packets and cause transmission of a selected subset of A-MPDU's generated corresponding to the determined MCS.

17 . (canceled)

18 . The wireless transceiver of claim 16 , wherein the transmitter is to determine a MCS based on RSSI (received signal strength indication), SNR (signal to noise ratio), or MCS feedback of received data packets.

19 . The wireless transceiver of claim 16 , wherein the receiver is to receive data packets from a neighboring access point.

20 . The wireless transceiver of claim 16 , wherein the receiver is to receive data packets from a user equipment within a coverage area of the wireless transceiver.