Patent ID: 8078110
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a second device equipped with a plurality of antennas for facilitating a wireless peer-to-peer connection with a first device, comprising: operating a plurality of receive chains each being coupled with one of the plurality of antennas; receiving a first transmission request signal from the first device, the first transmission request signal indicating that the first device intends to transmit a traffic signal to the second device, and the first transmission request signal being received in each of the plurality of antennas using the receive chains; monitoring to receive a second transmission request signal, the second transmission request signal being transmitted by a third device and indicating that the third device intends to transmit a traffic signal to a fourth device, and the second transmission request signal being received in each of the plurality of antennas; determining a plurality of receive beamforming coefficients as a function of the received first and second transmission request signals in each of the plurality of antennas, each of the plurality of receive beamforming coefficients corresponding to one of the plurality of antennas; and transmitting a request response signal to the first device, the request response signal indicating that the second device is ready to receive a traffic signal from the first device.