Patent ID: 8867569

Claim:
A method for generating a beamforming training (BFT) data unit for transmission via a communication channel in a wireless personal area network, wherein the BFT data unit is for transmitting beamforming training information, the method comprising: encoding, with a communication device, i) a physical layer header and ii) first BFT data using block encoding to generate a first block; encoding, with the communication device, second BFT data using block encoding to generate a second block; generating, with the communication device, the BFT data unit with a fixed-length payload, such that the BFT data unit includes only i) a preamble, ii) the first block, and iii) the second block; and padding, with the communication device, the first BFT data and the second BFT data with zeros prior to block encoding so that the first BFT data and the second BFT data fit within the fixed-length payload.