Patent ID: 9264124
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing communication between a first device and a second device, the method being performed during a pre-networking stage before the second device establishes an association with the first device, the method comprising: iterating, by the first device, over a first number of transmitter antenna polarization types in the first device; iterating, by the first device, for a given transmitter antenna polarization type, over a second number of transmitter antenna directional patterns in the first device among a plurality of different transmitter antenna directional patterns; periodically broadcasting the transmitter antenna polarization types in the first device; constructing, by the first device, a number of data units based on each of the transmitter antenna polarization types in the first device; transmitting, by the first device, each of the data units for each of a number of receiver antenna polarization types in the second device; receiving, by the first device, an indication of a transmitter antenna polarization type in the first device included in the number of transmitter antenna polarization types in the first device; receiving, by the first device, along with the indication of a transmitter antenna polarization type in the first device, an indication of a transmitter antenna directional pattern in the first device included in the number of transmitter antenna directional patterns in the first device; and transmitting, by the first device, data using the indicated transmitter antenna polarization, wherein the constructed number of data units is based upon a multiplication of the first number and the second number.