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A method for receiving high data rate wireless communication transmissions begins by receiving a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals in accordance with a wireless communication standardized data rate on a plurality of RF channels. The method continues by converting each of the plurality of RF

A method for receiving high data rate wireless communication transmissions begins by receiving a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals in accordance with a wireless communication standardized data rate on a plurality of RF channels. The method continues by converting each of the plurality of RF signals into a plurality of signals. The method continues by processing the plurality of signals at baseband or near baseband into media access control (MAC) data, wherein a number of the plurality of signals corresponds to an integer multiple. The method continues by processing the MAC data at a combination of wireless communication standardized data rates to produce recovered data.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for increasing data rate transmissions of a wireless communication, the method comprises: processing data at a media access control (MAC) level at a combination of a wireless communication standardized data rates to produce MAC processed data; encoding the MAC proces

What is claimed is: 1. A method for increasing data rate transmissions of a wireless communication, the method comprises: processing data at a media access control (MAC) level at a combination of a wireless communication standardized data rates to produce MAC processed data; encoding the MAC processed data at a rate corresponding to the combination of the wireless communication standardized data rates to produce high rate encoded data; dividing, at M-bits per division, the high rate encoded data into a plurality of encoded data streams, wherein a number of the plurality of encoded data streams is N, wherein N is an integer greater than one and M is an integer greater than or equal to one; and individually interleaving each of the plurality of encoded data streams to produce N streams of interleaved data; processing each of the N streams of interleaved data into a plurality of signals at baseband or near baseband, wherein a number of the plurality of signals is N; converting each of the plurality of signals into a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals; and transmitting the plurality of RF signals in accordance with the wireless communication standardized data rate on a plurality of RF channels. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein processing each of the plurality of encoded data comprises: for each of the N streams of interleaved data: symbol mapping sections of a stream of the N streams of interleaved data to produce symbols; performing an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on the symbols to produce time domain symbols; and inserting guard intervals between the time domain symbols to produce the plurality of signals. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein processing each of the plurality of encoded data comprises: inserting a training sequence compliant with a wireless communication standard into a header portion of a frame of each of the plurality of signals, wherein the wireless communication standard prescribes the wireless communication standardized data rate. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the training sequence comprises at least one of a short training sequence and a long training sequence. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein processing each of the plurality of encoded data comprises: inserting a signal field compliant with the wireless communication standard into the header portion of the frame of each of the plurality of signals, wherein the signal field frame length and a number of bytes corresponding to one of the wireless communication standardized data rates of the combination of the wireless communication standardized data rates. 6. The method of claim 2, wherein processing each of the plurality of encoded data comprises: inserting pilot tones compliant with a wireless communication standard into a frame of each of the plurality of signals, wherein the wireless communication standard prescribes the wireless communication standardized data rate. 7. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of signals comprises a power spectral density and data modulation in accordance with a wireless communication standard that prescribes the wireless communication standardized data rate. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication standardized data rate comprises one or more data rates specified in a wireless communication standard such as IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802,11b, IEEE 802.11g and other wireless standards. 9. A method for receiving high data rate wireless communication transmissions, the method comprises: receiving a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals in accordance with a wireless communication standardized data rate on a plurality of RF channels; converting each of the plurality of RF signals into a plurality of signals; for each of the plurality of signals: removing guard intervals from the plurality of signals to produce time domain symbols; performing a fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the time domain symbols to produce frequency domain symbols; and symbol demapping the frequency domain symbols to produce N streams of interleaved data, wherein N corresponds to the integer multiple; deinterleaving the N streams of interleaved data over N baseband or near-baseband channels and combining, at M-bits per division, the N streams of deinterleaved data to produce high rate encoded data; decoding the high rate encoded data at a rate corresponding to the combination of the wireless communication standardized data rates to produce the MAC processed data; and processing the MAC data at a combination of wireless communication standardized data rates to produce recovered data. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the deinterleaving comprises: individually deinterleaving each of the N streams of interleaved data to produce N streams of deinterleaved data. 11. A transmitter capable of increased data rate wireless communication transmissions, the transmitter comprises: a media access control (MAC) module operably coupled to process data at a MAC level at a combination of a wireless communication standardized data rates to produce MAC processed data; an encoder of a baseband processing module operably coupled to encode the MAC processed data at a rate corresponding to the combination of the wireless communication standardized data rates to produce high rate encoded data; a dividing module of a baseband processing module operably coupled to divide, at M-bits per division, the high rate encoded data into a plurality of encoded data streams, wherein a number of the plurality of encoded data streams is N, where N is an integer greater than one and wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to one; an interleaving module of the baseband processing module operably coupled to individual Iv interleave each of the plurality of encoded data streams over N baseband or near-baseband channels to produce N streams of interleaved data; the baseband processing module operably coupled to further process the N streams of interleaved data into a plurality of signals at baseband or near baseband, wherein a number of the plurality of signals multiplies N; and radio frequency transmit module operably coupled to convert each of the plurality of signals into a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals and operably coupled to transmit the plurality of RF signals in accordance with the wireless communication standardized data rate on a plurality of RF channels. 12. The transmitter of claim 11, wherein the baseband processing module comprises: a symbol mapping modules operably coupled to symbol map sections of a stream of the N streams of interleaved data to produce symbols; IFFT modules operably coupled to perform an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) on the symbols to produce time domain symbols; and guard interval module operably coupled to insert guard intervals between the time domain symbols to produce the plurality of signals. 13. The transmitter of claim 12, wherein the baseband processing module further comprises: training sequence module operably coupled to insert a training sequence compliant with a wireless communication standard into a header portion of a frame of each of the plurality of signals, wherein the wireless communication standard prescribes the wireless communication standardized data rate; wherein the training sequence includes at least one of a short training sequence and a long training sequence. 14. The transmitter of claim 13, wherein the baseband processing module further comprises: signal field module operably coupled to insert a signal field compliant with the wireless communication standard into the header portion of the frame of each of the plurality of signals, wherein the signal field frame length and a number of bytes corresponding to one of the wireless communication standardized data rates of the combination of the wireless communication standardized data rates. 15. The transmitter of claim 12, wherein the baseband processing module comprises: a pilot tone module operably coupled to insert pilot tones compliant with a wireless communication standard into a frame of each of the plurality of signals, wherein the wireless communication standard prescribes the wireless communication standardized data rate. 16. A receiver capable of receiving high data rate wireless communication transmissions, the receiver comprises: RF receiving module operably coupled to convert a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals into a plurality of signals, wherein the plurality of RF signals are received via a plurality of RF channels, wherein each of the plurality of signals has a data rate in accordance with at least one wireless communication standardized data rate; guard interval module of a baseband processing module operably coupled to remove guard intervals from each of the plurality of signals to produce time domain symbols; FFT module of the baseband processing module operably coupled to perform a fast Fourier transform (FET) on the time domain symbols to produce frequency domain symbols; symbol demapping module of the baseband processing module operably coupled to symbol demap the frequency domain symbols to produce N streams of interleaved data, wherein N corresponds to the integer multiple; deinterleaving module of the baseband processing module operably coupled to deinterleave the N streams of interleaved data over N baseband or near-baseband channels and to combine, at M-bits per division, the N streams of deinterleaved data to produce high rate encoded data; decoding module of the baseband processing module operably coupled to decode the high rate encoded data at a rate corresponding to the combination of the at least one wireless communication standardized data rate to produce the MAC processed data, wherein the guard interval module, the FFT module, the symbol demapping module, the deinterleaving module, and the decoding module process the plurality of signal at or near baseband to produce the MAC processed data; and MAC processing module operably coupled to process the MAC data at a combination of the at least one wireless communication standardized data rate to produce recovered data. 17. The receiver of claim 16, wherein the deinterleaving module comprises: a plurality of deinterleavers operably coupled to deinterleave the N streams of interleaved data to produce N streams of deinterleaved data.