Patent ID: 8576804
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for execution by a first wireless communication device, the method comprising: employing a first one or more antennae to receive a sounding frame transmitted from a second wireless communication device via a communication channel using a first one or more clusters; processing the sounding frame to determine a beamforming feedback frame type; generating a beamforming feedback frame having the determined beamforming feedback frame type, indicating the first wireless communication device, and indicating characteristics of the communication channel corresponding to: the second wireless communication device receiving the beamforming feedback frame from the first wireless communication device, determining a beamforming parameter based on the beamforming feedback frame, and transmitting a multi-user packet to the first wireless communication device based on the beamforming parameter.