Apparatus, system and method of beamforming
AssigneeInten IP Corporation
InventorsCarlos Cordeiro, Assaf Kasher
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of beamforming. For example, a first wireless station may be configured to communicate a plurality of Sector Level Sweep (SLS) frames with a second wireless station over a first channel; and to communicate a plurality of Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frames with the second wireless station over a bonded channel comprising the first channel and at least a second channel.
Claims25
A wireless device comprising memory circuitry, and one or more processors, the wireless device being a first wireless device, the one or more processors to:
- perform a beamforming protocol with a second wireless device, performing the beamforming protocol including:
- causing communication of Sector Sweep (SSW) messages with the second wireless device over a first wireless channel during a Sector Level Sweep (SLS) phase of the beamforming protocol;
- and
- causing communication of Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frames with the second wireless device during a BRP phase of the beamforming protocol, wherein a BRP frame of the BRP frames includes a first portion and a second portion, causing communication of BRP frames including:
- causing communication of a duplicate of the first portion over each one of the first wireless channel and a second wireless channel;
- causing communication of the second portion over a bonded channel comprising the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel;
- select a beam direction for data communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the beamforming protocol;
- and
- cause communication over a millimeter-Wave (mmWave) wireless band between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the beam direction.
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, cause a first wireless device to:
- perform a beamforming protocol with a second wireless device, performing the beamforming protocol including:
- causing communication of Sector Sweep (SSW) messages with the second wireless device over a first wireless channel during a Sector Level Sweep (SLS) phase of the beamforming protocol;
- and
- causing communication of Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frames with the second wireless device during a BRP phase of the beamforming protocol, wherein a BRP frame of the BRP frames includes a first portion and a second portion, causing communication of BRP frames including:
- causing communication of a duplicate of the first portion over each one of the first wireless channel and a second wireless channel;
- causing communication of the second portion over a bonded channel comprising the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel;
- select a beam direction for data communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the beamforming protocol;
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- cause communication over a millimeter-Wave (mmWave) wireless band between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the beam direction.
A method to be performed at a first wireless device, the method including:
- performing a beamforming protocol with a second wireless device, performing the beamforming protocol including:
- causing communication of Sector Sweep (SSW) messages with the second wireless device over a first wireless channel during a Sector Level Sweep (SLS) phase of the beamforming protocol;
- and
- causing communication of Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) frames with the second wireless device during a BRP phase of the beamforming protocol, wherein a BRP frame of the BRP frames includes a first portion and a second portion, causing communication of BRP frames including:
- causing communication of a duplicate of the first portion over each one of the first wireless channel and a second wireless channel;
- causing communication of the second portion over a bonded channel comprising the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel;
- selecting a beam direction for data communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the beamforming protocol;
- and
- causing communication over a millimeter-Wave (mmWave) wireless band between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the beam direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.