US 7,542,453 B2
Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program
Yuichi Morioka, Kanagawa (Japan); Kazuyuki Sakoda, Tokyo (Japan); Shinichi Kuroda, Tokyo (Japan); and Ryo Sawai, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 04, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/910,646.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-003530 (JP), filed on Jan. 08, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0153735 A1, Jul. 14, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04Q 7/24 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 370—338  [370/465] 50 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication system comprising:
a first communication station configured to operate according to a first communication method;
a second communication station configured to operate according to both the first communication method and a second communication method and transmit a packet comprising a first decoding portion including spoofed information of a packet length and a transmission rate receivable according to said first communication method at a first transmission rate, and a second decoding portion receivable according to said second communication method, wherein the second decoding portion includes a third portion including actual information of a packet length and a transmission rate transmitted at a second transmission rate that is greater than the first transmission rate, and a fourth portion including transmission data transmitted at a third transmission rate that is greater than the second transmission rate.