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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
YE Chen, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Stephen P. Emeott, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Isam R. Makhlouf, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Ye Chen, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Stephen P. Emeott, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Isam R. Makhlouf, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for transmitting packets in a wireless communication network includes taking into consideration an antenna mode prior to transmission. The method includes determining a transmit antenna mode for a transmission between the node and at least one other node; when the transmit antenna mode is omni-directional, broadcasting a transmission schedule for the transmission omni-directionally; and when the transmit antenna is beamforming directional, broadcasting a transmission schedule for the transmission directionally on one or more transmitter beams. The method optionally can also take into consideration an antenna mode of a receive antenna between the node.