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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2016
Applicant:

William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Xu Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;

Edward W. Knightly, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/0226 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0619 (2013.01); H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04L 25/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes generating, by a wireless device, a sounding packet. The method includes sending, by the wireless device, copies of the sounding packet using a beam former and an antenna array to a second wireless device. Each copy of the copies of the sounding packet is sent using different beam weights. The method includes, in response to sending the copies of the sounding packet, obtaining, by the wireless device, a first correction beam weight and a second correction beam weight from the second wireless device and sending, by the wireless device, data to the second wireless device using the first correction beam weight and the second correction beam weight.


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