Apparatus are provided, which include a wireless transmit interface and a wireless receive interface. A payload receive processor is provided to identify a receive overhead portion from received data received via the receive interface, and it is configured to retrieve payload data in relation to the
Apparatus are provided, which include a wireless transmit interface and a wireless receive interface. A payload receive processor is provided to identify a receive overhead portion from received data received via the receive interface, and it is configured to retrieve payload data in relation to the receive overhead portion in accordance with a data structure protocol. A payload transmit processor is provided to define or modify a transmit overhead portion in transmit data to be transmitted via the transmit interface. The payload transmit processor is configured to position payload data in relation to the transmit overhead portion in accordance with a data structure protocol. A controller is provided, to determine a given wireless media location defined at least in part by the controller determining a given frequency band, from among plural frequency bands, for a given data transfer, via wireless media, between a given node and a separate node.
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1. Apparatus comprising: a wireless transmit interface configured to transmit data wirelessly according to a plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands;a wireless receive interface having a unique identifier and being configured to receive data wirelessly according to the plurality of aut
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Apparatus comprising: a wireless transmit interface configured to transmit data wirelessly according to a plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands;a wireless receive interface having a unique identifier and being configured to receive data wirelessly according to the plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands, the wireless receive interface being tuned to particular frequency bands, among the plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands, according to a pseudorandomized schedule that associates each of the particular frequency bands with a discrete message start time; anda controller to unilaterally determine a given that: unilaterally selects a particular frequency band, from among the plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands, for a given data transfer, via wireless media, between a the apparatus as a first node and a similarly-configured apparatus as at least one separate second node, the unilateral selection of the particular frequency band being based identifying the unique identifier of the wireless receive interface in the similarly-configured apparatus as the at least one second separate node and a particular discrete message start time,tunes the wireless transmit interface in the apparatus as the first node to the particular frequency associated with the particular discrete message start time according to the pseudorandomized schedule, anddirects transmission of the given data transfer from the first node to the at least one separate second node at the particular discrete message start time. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, the first node being a wireless, non-access point, communication node. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, each of the first node and the at least one separate second node further comprising a payload receive processor and a payload transmit processor in addition to the wireless transmit interface, the wireless receive interface, and the controller. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least of the wireless transmit interface includes a wireless radio transmit interface, and the wireless receive interface includes a wireless radio receive interface. 5. The apparatus according to claim 3, each of the payload receive processor and the payload transmit processor including payload processor circuitry to process payload data in accordance with a data structure protocol, the data structure protocol being a frame-based data structure protocol. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, the given data transfer being a unicast data transfer from the first node to a single second separate node. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, the given data transfer being a broadcast data transfer from the first node to a plurality of second separate nodes. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage device storing the pseudorandomized schedule in a lookup table including the particular frequency bands and associated particular discrete message start times, the controller executing the unilateral selection of the particular frequency band by referencing data in the lookup table. 9. The apparatus according to claim 3, each of the payload receive processor and the payload transmit processor including payload processor circuitry to process payload data in accordance with a data structure protocol, the data structure protocol including a frame structure having a segment in a frame for broadcast data transfers and another segment within the same frame for unicast data transfers. 10. The apparatus according to claim 9, the controller being further configured to, during a broadcast segment of a frame, tune at least one of the nodes to a reference channel to receive a broadcast packet. 11. The apparatus according to claim 9, the controller being further configured to, during a unicast segment of a frame, tune at least one of the nodes to a unique receive channel in accordance with a globally known pseudorandomized schedule, the pseudorandomized schedule being known by all nodes in a communicating network. 12. A method comprising: providing a wireless transmit interface configured to transmit data wirelessly according to a plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands in each of a plurality of nodes;providing a wireless receive interface having a unique identifier and being configured to receive data wirelessly according to the plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands in each of the plurality of nodes, the wireless receive interface being tuned to particular frequency bands, among the plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands, according to a pseudorandomized schedule that associates each of the particular frequency bands with a discrete message start time;unilaterally selecting, with a processor, a particular frequency band, from among the plurality of automatically selectable frequency bands, for a given data transfer, via wireless media, between a first node among the plurality of nodes and at least one separate second node among the plurality of nodes, the unilateral selection of the particular frequency band by the processor being based on identifying the unique identifier of the wireless receive interface in the at least one second separate node and a particular discrete message start time,tuning, with the processor, the wireless transmit interface in the first node to the particular frequency associated with the particular discrete message start time according to the pseudorandomized schedule, anddirecting, with the processor, the given data transfer from the first node to the at least one separate second node at the particular discrete message start time. 13. The method according to claim 12, the first node being a wireless, non-access point, communication node. 14. The method according to claim 12, each of the first node and the at least one separate second node further comprising a payload receive processor and a payload transmit processor in addition to the wireless transmit interface, the wireless receive interface, and the controller. 15. The method according to claim 14, each of the payload receive processor and the payload transmit processor including payload processor circuitry to process payload data in accordance with a data structure protocol, the data structure protocol being a frame-based data structure protocol. 16. The method according to claim 12, the given data transfer being a unicast data transfer from the first node to a single second separate node. 17. The method according to claim 12, the given data transfer being a broadcast data transfer from the first node to a plurality of second separate nodes. 18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising storing the pseudorandomized schedule in a lookup table including the particular frequency bands and associated particular discrete message start times; and executing, with the processor, the unilateral selection of the particular frequency band by referencing data in the lookup table. 19. The method according to claim 14, each of the payload receive processor and the payload transmit processor including payload processor circuitry to process payload data in accordance with a data structure protocol, the data structure protocol including a frame structure having a segment in a frame for broadcast data transfers and another segment within the same frame for unicast data transfers, the method further comprising, during a broadcast segment of a frame, tuning with the processor at least one of the nodes to a reference channel to receive a broadcast packet. 20. The method according to claim 14, each of the payload receive processor and the payload transmit processor including payload processor circuitry to process payload data in accordance with a data structure protocol, the data structure protocol including a frame structure having a segment in a frame for broadcast data transfers and another segment within the same frame for unicast data transfers, the method further comprising, during a unicast segment of a frame, tuning with the processor at least one of the nodes to a unique receive channel in accordance with a globally known pseudorandomized schedule, the pseudorandomized schedule being known by all nodes in a communicating network.
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