Patent ID: 8520576

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a radio for receiving a non-data packet announcement (NDP-A) frame from a wireless communication device; a baseband processing module for: determining whether the NDP-A frame indicating single-user multiple input multiple output (SU-MIMO) feedback or multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) feedback based on a value of a bit in a predetermined location within the NDP-A frame; based on SU-MIMO feedback as indicated by the value of the bit within the NDP-A frame, the baseband processing module for generating a first compressed beamforming feedback frame adaptive up to eight transmit/receive antennae and including a codebook information field adaptive for indicating a first plurality of angle resolution values associated with SU-MIMO operation; and based on MU-MIMO feedback as indicated by the value of the bit within the NDP-A frame, generating a second compressed beamforming feedback frame including a plurality of per-tone or per-sub-band eigen-values, a channel bandwidth indicated within a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) control channel width field adaptive for indicating any one of at least three different channel widths, and a codebook information field adaptive for indicating a second plurality of angle resolution values associated with MU-MIMO operation; and wherein: the radio transmitting at least one of the first compressed beamforming feedback frame and the second compressed beamforming feedback frame to the wireless communication device.