Patent ID: 11916624
Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method for enabling multi-user multiple-input-multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication in a wireless network, the method comprising:
determining, by a networking device of the wireless network, an available bandwidth of each station of a plurality of stations of the wireless network;
assigning, by the networking device, for the MU-MIMO communication, a bandwidth and one or more spatial streams to each station of the plurality of stations, wherein the bandwidth assigned to each station of the plurality of stations is less than or equal to the determined available bandwidth thereof, wherein the bandwidth assigned to a first station of the plurality of stations is different from and partially overlaps with the bandwidth assigned to a second station of the plurality of stations, and wherein the one or more spatial streams assigned to the first station are different from the one or more spatial streams assigned to the second station and the assigned spatial streams are based on the assigned partially overlapping bandwidths;
generating, by the networking device, a data packet that is indicative of the bandwidth and the one or more spatial streams assigned to each station of the plurality of stations; and
transmitting, by the networking device, the data packet to the plurality of stations, wherein the MU-MIMO communication is enabled between the networking device and the plurality of stations in the wireless network based on the data packet.