Apparatus and method for wireless communication via at least one of directional and omni-direction antennas
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSanjiv Nanda, Saishankar Nandagopalan, Santosh Abraham, Jay Rodney Walton, Ernesl T. Ozaki
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Abstract
Techniques for using at least one of omni-directional and directional antennas for communication are described. A station may be equipped antenna elements selectable for use as an omni-directional antenna or one or more directional antennas. The station may select the omni-directional antenna or a directional antenna for use for communication based on various factors such as, e.g., whether the location or direction of a target station for communication is known, whether control frames or data frames are being exchanged, etc.
Claims14
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- at least one integrated circuit configured to communicate with a first station on a first link via an omni-directional antenna, and to communicate with a second station on a second link via a directional antenna.
A method for wireless communication, comprising:
- communicating with a first station on a first link via an omni-directional antenna;
- and
- communicating with a second station on a second link via a directional antenna.
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for communicating with a first station on a first link via an omni-directional antenna;
- and
- means for communicating with a second station on a second link via a directional antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.