Methods and transceivers for wireless communication in a packet based communication network

1. A method performed by a second transceiver of a packet-based wireless communication network for wireless communication with a first transceiver of the network, the method comprising:

receiving, from the first transceiver, a data sequence comprising a first data field comprising data coded with a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a second data field comprising data coded with a second MCS different from the first MCS, wherein the second transceiver has information indicating that the data of the first data field is coded with the first MCS and the data of the second data field is coded with the second MCS;

performing a decoding operation on the data of the first data field using the first MCS and a decoding operation on the data of the second data field using the second MCS; and

selecting the first MCS or the second MCS based on a result of the performed decoding operations;

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from a third transceiver, a data sequence comprising a third data field comprising data coded with a third modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a fourth data field comprising data coded with a fourth MCS different from the third MCS, wherein the second transceiver has information that the data of the third data field is coded with the third MCS and the data of the fourth data field is coded with the fourth MCS;

performing a decoding operation on the data of the third data field using the third MCS and a decoding operation on the data of the fourth data field using the fourth MCS;

selecting the third MCS or the fourth MCS based on a result of the performed decoding operations of the data of the third data field and the data of the fourth data field;

selecting the first transceiver or the third transceiver for further communication based on the selection of MCS from the first transceiver and the selection of MCS from the third transceiver; and

sending, to the selected transceiver, information indicating that the second transceiver selected to communicate further with the selected transceiver using the MCS selected for the selected transceiver.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending to the first transceiver information of the selected MCS.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data of the first data field and the data of the second data field are known to the second transceiver.

4. A second transceiver operable in a packet-based wireless communication network configured for wireless communication with a first transceiver of the network, the second transceiver comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor whereby the second transceiver is configured to:

receive, from the first transceiver, a data sequence comprising a first data field comprising data coded with a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a second data field comprising data coded with a second MCS different from the first MCS, wherein the second transceiver has information indicating that the data of the first data field is coded with the first MCS and the data of the second data field is coded with the second MCS;

perform a decoding operation on the data of the first data field using the first MCS and a decoding operation on the data of the second data field using the second MCS; and

select the first MCS or the second MCS based on a result of the performed decoding operations;

wherein the memory contains instructions executable by said processor whereby the second transceiver is further configured to:

receive, from a third transceiver, a data sequence comprising a third data field comprising data coded with a third modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a fourth data field comprising data coded with a fourth MCS different from the third MCS, wherein the second transceiver has information that the data of the third data field is coded with the third MCS and the data of the fourth data field is coded with the fourth MCS;

perform a decoding operation on the data of the third data field using the third MCS and a decoding operation on the data of the fourth data field using the fourth MCS;

select the third MCS or the fourth MCS based on a result of the performed decoding operations of the data of the third data field and the data of the fourth data field;

select the first transceiver or the third transceiver for further communication based on the selection of MCS from the first transceiver and the selection of MCS from the third transceiver; and

send, to the selected transceiver, information indicating that the second transceiver selected to communicate further with the selected transceiver using the MCS selected for the selected transceiver.

5. The second transceiver of claim 4 , further being configured to send, to the first transceiver, information of the selected MCS.

6. The second transceiver of claim 4 , wherein the data of the first data field and the data of the second data field are known to the second transceiver.

7. The second transceiver of claim 4 , wherein the second transceiver is configured to receive the information indicating that the data of the first data field is coded with the first MCS and the data of the second data field is coded with the second MCS from the first transceiver in connection with the reception of the data sequence.

8. The second transceiver of claim 4 , wherein the information that the data of the first data field is coded with the first MCS and the data of the second data field is coded with the second MCS is implicitly known to the second transceiver from a predefined format of the received data sequence.