WIRELESS ARCHITECTURE FOR TRADITIONAL WIRE-BASED PROTOCOL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide wired and/or wireless data communication with minimal changes on the existing wired architecture, in connection with transferring data traditionally communicated through a wired link over a high-speed wireless link.SOLUTION: An apparatus for communicating wirelessly over a traditional wired link includes a transmitter comprising a host and a first portion of a client connected by a wired link, and a receiver comprising a second portion of the client. The apparatus includes a query module that determines an operation rate on the basis, at least in part, of a rate supported by a medium access control and a retransmission statistic, and an assigner module that assigns a communication to a wired protocol or a wireless protocol.