Implementing MIMO in mmWave wireless communication systems

A system for executing wireless communications, comprising:

• a first mmWave wireless communicating device and at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device, each of the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device comprising:
• a mmWave radio;
• a beamforming device that executes a beamforming scheme to establish multiple separate beamformed links between the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device;
• and
• a MIMO implementing device that executes a MIMO scheme across the established multiple separate beamformed links between the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device, the MIMO scheme including at least:
• separating an outgoing signal from one of the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device into individual signal elements,
• transmitting each of the individual signal elements across a different one of the multiple separate beamformed links between the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device;
• separately receiving, at an other of the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device, each of the individual signal elements transmitted across the different one of the multiple separate beamformed links;
• and
• reassembling the separately received individual signal elements at the other of the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device to acquire the outgoing signal;
• wherein the MIMO implementing device being configured to determine if another mmWave wireless communicating device is implementing the MIMO scheme between one of the first mmWave wireless communicating device and the at least one second mmWave wireless communicating device and the another mmWave wireless communicating device according to a separate single field in a MAC/PHY protocol for each device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method for executing wireless communications, comprising:

• determining if a pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices are implementing a MIMO scheme between said pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices;
• establishing multiple separate beamformed links between the pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices;
• and
• implementing the MIMO scheme between the pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices;
• wherein the processor determines if the pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices are implementing the MIMO scheme between said pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices based on information provided by each one of the pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices;
• wherein the information provided by each one of the pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices being a separate field in a MAC/PHY protocol for each one of the pair of mmWave wireless communicating devices.