Patent ID: 7720036

Claim:
A method, comprising: initiating, by a first communication device upon entering a network, a data transfer with a second communication device of the network, said initiating including transmitting control information signals using a first frequency band, the first frequency band being associated with a first beamwidth, wherein the control information signals include signals providing beam forming parameters, the beam forming parameters comprising a beam forming coefficient to facilitate establishment of communication between the first and second communication devices using a second frequency band associated with a second beamwidth, the first beamwidth being greater than the second beamwidth, wherein the first frequency band is a 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific, Medical (ISM) band or a 5.0 GHz Universal Information Infrastructure (UNII) band and the second frequency band is a millimeter wave band; and transmitting or receiving data signals by the first communication device to or from the second communication device using the second frequency band, the transmitting or receiving of the data signals to be facilitated at least in part by the control information signals transmitted using the first frequency band associated with the first beamwidth.