Patent ID: 9413437
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented in a communication device, the method comprising: receiving, at the communication device, a first beamforming training transmission; determining, at the communication device, that the first beamforming training transmission is corrupted by a collision; determining, at the communication device, a first station to which the first beamforming training transmission corresponds based on the first beamforming training transmission corrupted by the collision; determining, at the communication device, a time at which the first station should transmit a second beamforming training transmission; and in response to determining the first station, transmitting, by the communication device, a signal to the first station to prompt the first station to transmit the second beamforming training transmission, wherein the signal includes an indicator of the time at which the first station should transmit the second beamforming training transmission.