Patent ID: 8422961
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: activating, by an apparatus, a beamforming training support operation in the apparatus; selecting, by the apparatus, predetermined directions for transmitting one or more forward direction beamforming training frames from the apparatus, each forward direction beamforming training frame comprising a forward beam/sector direction identifier denoting one of a plurality of forward sector directions of the frame being transmitted; transmitting at least one of the one or more forward direction beamforming training frames in each of the selected predetermined directions from the apparatus; receiving at least one reverse direction beamforming training frame including one of the forward beam/sector direction identifiers at the apparatus from one of the predetermined directions that corresponds to the at least one forward direction beamforming training frame that was determined to have a signal characteristic; and transmitting at least one response frame including a reverse beam/sector direction identifier received in the at least one reverse direction beamforming training frame from the apparatus.