| CPC H04L 1/0067 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0044 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. A device, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to storage, the processing circuitry configured to: 
            generate an Aggregated Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (AMPDU) payload having an AMPDU payload size associated with a number of bits; 
                omit pre-Forward Error Correction (FEC) padding of the AMPDU payload at a MAC layer by indicating the AMPDU payload size in a physical layer (PHY)-specific preamble; 
                generate the PHY-specific preamble comprising the AMPDU payload size without the pre-FEC padding; 
                calculate a number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols for containing the number of bits; and 
                cause to send the PHY-specific preamble and the number of OFDM symbols to a station device. 
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