Apparatus, system and method of communicating a short sector sweep (ssw) packet

A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations at a first wireless station, the operations comprising:

• generating a short Sector Sweep (SSW) packet comprising at least a packet type field, a countdown field, a short SSW feedback field, and a direction field, the packet type field comprising a value to indicate a Short SSW packet type, the countdown field comprising a counter value to indicate a number of remaining short SSW packet transmissions, the direction field to indicate whether transmission of the short SSW packet is from a beamforming initiator or a beamforming responder;
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• transmitting the short SSW packet to a second wireless station over a directional frequency band during beamforming training between the first and second wireless stations.

An apparatus comprising circuitry and logic configured to cause a first wireless station to:

• process a short Sector Sweep (SSW) packet received from a second wireless station over a directional frequency band during beamforming training between the first and second wireless stations, the short SSW packet comprising at least a packet type field, a countdown field, a short SSW feedback field, and a direction field, the packet type field comprising a value to indicate a Short SSW packet type, the countdown field comprising a counter value to indicate a number of remaining short SSW packet transmissions, the direction field to indicate whether transmission of the short SSW packet is from a beamforming initiator or a beamforming responder;
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• determine one or more beamforming parameters based on the short SSW packet.

A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations at a first wireless station, the operations comprising:

• processing a short Sector Sweep (SSW) packet received from a second wireless station over a directional frequency band during beamforming training between the first and second wireless stations, the short SSW packet comprising at least a packet type field, a countdown field, a short SSW feedback field, and a direction field, the packet type field comprising a value to indicate a Short SSW packet type, the countdown field comprising a counter value to indicate a number of remaining short SSW packet transmissions, the direction field to indicate whether transmission of the short SSW packet is from a beamforming initiator or a beamforming responder;
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• determining one or more beamforming parameters based on the short SSW packet.