1. A system for improving signal reception in an access point comprising: a client device; and an access point, wherein the access point is communicatively coupled with the client device, the client device being configured to: (1) receive from the access point an 802.11 NULL-packet having a type field indicative of a null function and a non-zero byte length field; (2) transmit an ACKnowledgement packet to the access point indicating that the 802.11 NULL-packet was received by the client device; and (3) discard the 802.11 NULL-packet after transmitting the ACKnowledgement packet.