Patent ID: 8885512

Claim:
A wireless station (STA) comprising: a transceiver circuit to: receive a null data packet (NDP) message from a wireless access point (AP); and receive a Very High Throughput (VHT) NDP Announcement message, the VHT NDP Announcement message including a listing of a plurality of stations (STAs); and a processor circuit to: determine that an identifier of the wireless STA is listed first in the listing of the plurality of STAs included in the VHT NDP Announcement message; and responsive to determining that the identifier is first in the listing of the plurality of STAs: calculate a VHT Compressed Beamforming feedback message based upon the NDP message; and cause the transceiver circuit to transmit the VHT Compressed Beamforming feedback message immediately after a short interframe space (SIFS) that occurs after receiving the NDP message.