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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2016
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Krishna Gomadam, San Jose, CA (US);
Djordje Tujkovic, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sanjai Kohli, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network includes a transmitting node and a receiving node configured to transmit and receive packets between the transmitting node and the receiving node through one or more of a plurality of predetermined micro-routes is disclosed. For an embodiment, the transmitting node is configured to retrieve a first micro-route, transmit packets in a first transmit beamforming direction associated with the first micro-route, transmit packets including one or more training signals in a second transmit beamforming direction associated with a second micro-route of the plurality of predetermined micro-routes that is different than the first transmit beamforming direction associated with the first micro-route, and receive feedback from the receiving node indicating that the second micro-route provides a better communication link than the first micro-route.