PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16030495
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["455", "063400"]

Abstract:
Wireless mesh networking protocols for directional transmissions in the PHY layer over multiple hops between a mix of mesh and non-mesh stations (STAs). Joint beamforming (BF) training and mesh network discovery is described including adaptive signaling with the mesh network. The mesh networking protocol can be utilized in a mix of wireless nodes including portals, access points (APs), personal control points (PCPs), and mesh stations (STAs).

Claim (Index 2):
An apparatus for wireless communication with directional transmission, comprising:\n (a) a wireless communication circuit configured for wirelessly communicating with other wireless communication stations; (b) wherein said wireless communication circuit is configured with directional transmission having a plurality of antenna pattern sectors each having different transmission directions; (c) a processor coupled to said wireless communication circuit; and (d) a non-transitory memory storing instructions executable by the processor; (e) wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, perform steps comprising:\n (i) performing simultaneous beamform (BF) training and scanning for a network or a neighbor station, in which transmitting frames are swept through antenna pattern sectors; \n (ii) wherein the transmitting frames contain information about network ID and network capabilities in addition to BF training frame information including directional operation parameters and sector sweep information; and \n (iii) wherein a new node attempting to join the network sweeps a discovery signal to jointly discover and initiate BF training with neighbors in an existing network, comprising:\n (A) transmitting a sweep of discovery request frames across a group of antenna pattern sectors by said new node; \n (B) determining that discovery response frames have been received; \n (C) recording information on the network ID and network capabilities information with best sector information, when one or more discovery response frames are received; and \n (D) continuing transmitting a sweep of discovery request frames across another group of antenna pattern sectors, when a discovery frame is not received.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57692
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15637536', '15819991', '15828687', '15212209', '15921397']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7673822895196903
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6141752439427747
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7520615849619988
- Mean Citation Score: 425.998606
- Max Citation Score: 553.581
- Similarity Product: 521.8471640889645

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test