Patent ID: 9226316
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising a transmitter and a receiver, the apparatus configured to cause a directional multi-gigabit (DMG) station to: receive a DMG beacon frame in a beacon transmission interval (BTI) within a beacon interval, the DMG beacon frame including a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) and a clustering control field including an Association-Beamforming-Training (A-BFT) responder address subfield, the A-BFT responder address subfield including an address to indicate at least one station (STA), which is allowed to transmit during an A-BFT period following said BTI within said beacon interval; and transmit in said A-BFT period, if a Media-Access-Control (MAC) address of said DMG station is equal to the address in the A-BFT responder address subfield, or if the address in the A-BFT responder address subfield includes a group address of a group to which said DMG station belongs.