Patent ID: 9368870
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H01Q,H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating an access point in a wireless network, wherein the access point is configured to operate a plurality of directional beams, the method comprising: transmitting a training packet from the access point and receiving response packets from a plurality of station devices, wherein the response packet includes an identifier specific to a directional beam transmitting the training packet and a priority value associated with one or more criteria for directional beam selection; assigning each of the plurality of station devices one of the directional beams from the plurality of directional beams based on the received response packets; allocating upstream timeslots to each of the plurality of station device and allocating general upstream timeslots that are not associated with a single station device; receiving data at a first rate at the access device from a station device of the plurality of station devices during an upstream timeslot allocated to the station device and using the directional beam assigned for the station device; receiving data at a second data rate at the access device from a station device of the plurality of station devices during a second upstream timeslot that is a general upstream timeslot; wherein, for at least some of the plurality of station devices, the first rate has a different modulation scheme than the second rate.