Patent 7965985 was granted and assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device may include a first station and a second station. The first station is coupled with the second station. The first and second stations are within a first cluster. The stations within the first cluster are configured to operate cooperatively to transmit or receive signals corresponding to the cluster over at least one channel. One of the stations transmits only data signals without transmitting a preamble or a MAP message.