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 a packet having a non-zero byte length field from the access point; (2) transmit an ACKnowledgement packet to the access point indicating that the packet was received by the client device; and (3) discard the packet having a non-zero byte length field after transmitting the ACKnowledgement packet.