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 17):
A method of performing wireless communication with directional transmission, comprising:\n (a) establishing wireless communications between wireless communications circuits acting as nodes on a network which have directional transmission capability through a plurality of antenna pattern sectors each having different transmission directions; and (b) performing simultaneous beamform (BF) training and scanning to establish said wireless communications by sweeping request frames through antenna pattern sectors; (c) wherein the request frames contain information on mesh network ID and mesh network capabilities in addition to BF training frame information including directional operation parameters and antenna pattern sector sweep information; and (d) wherein a new node attempting to join the network sweeps a probe request to jointly discover and initiate BF training with neighbors in an existing network, comprising:\n (i) transmitting a sweep of discovery request frames across a group of antenna pattern sectors by said new node; \n (ii) recording information on network ID and network capabilities with best sector information, when one or more discovery response frames are received; and \n (iii) continuing to transmit one or more sweeps of discovery request frames across antenna pattern sectors, until a discovery response frame is 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): 0.7717369053403166
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5993118835740505
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.75449440316369
- Mean Citation Score: 425.998606
- Max Citation Score: 553.581
- Similarity Product: 460.7602195765972

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