Dual mode communications device and methods for use therewith

A method, comprising:

• generating, via at least one transceiver, radio frequency (RF) signals in an RF band conveying data, wherein the data includes a command to a remote device to transmit probe signals in a millimeter wave (MMW) frequency band, wherein the MMW frequency band is above the RF band;
• communicating, via a dual-band antenna array, the RF signals with the remote device;
• generating a control signal to switch the dual-band antenna array from an operation in the RF band to an operation in the MMW frequency band;
• receiving, via the at least one transceiver and the dual-band antenna array, the probe signals in the MMW frequency band;
• and
• generating first antenna beam steering parameters of the at least one transceiver, based on the probe signals, to facilitate a first antenna beam of the dual-band antenna array for the operation in the MMW frequency band.

A communication device, comprising:

• a dual-band antenna array configured to communicate radio frequency (RF) signals with a remote device in an RF band and to communicate millimeter wave (MMW) signals with the remote device in a MMW frequency band, wherein the MMW frequency band is above the RF band, wherein the dual-band antenna array is configurable between an operation in the RF band and an operation in the MMW frequency band;
• at least one transceiver configured to generate the RF signals conveying data, the data including a command to the remote device to transmit probe signals in the MMW frequency band, wherein the at least one transceiver is further configured to receive the probe signals via the dual-band antenna array in the MMW frequency band, wherein the at least one transceiver is initialized with co-phasing parameters for the operation in the MMW frequency band;
• and
• a controller configured to generate the co-phasing parameters of the at least one transceiver based on the probe signals and further configured to adjust the dual-band antenna array to the operation in the MMW frequency band after transmission of the RF signals.