Communication devices and methods with beamforming training

A communication method for RF-based communication with another communication device, said communication method controlling an antenna circuitry in a beamforming training phase to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected directive beams by

• i) transmitting data using at least one first directive transmit beam, wherein the other communication device is configured to listen using a first directive receive beam, said data including a second transmit beam information, and
• ii) subsequently listening using a predetermined second directive receive beam for a response from the other communication device, which is configured to transmit, if the data transmitted in step i) have been received, a response using a second directive transmit beam indicated by the second transmit beam information.

A communication method for RF-based communication with another communication device, said communication method controlling an antenna circuitry, in a beamforming training phase, to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected directive beams by

• i) listening using a first directive receive beam for data transmitted by the other communication device using at least one first directive transmit beam, said data including a second transmit beam information, and
• ii) subsequently transmitting, if the data transmitted in step i) have been received, a response using a second directive transmit beam indicated by the second transmit beam information, wherein the other communication device is configured to listen using a predetermined second directive receive beam.