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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2011
Alexander Maltsev, Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Alex Kesselman, San Jose, CA (US);
Roman Maslennikov, Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Alexander Maltsev, Jr., Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Alexey Khoryaev, Dzerzhinsk, RU;
Mikhail Shilov, Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Alexander Maltsev, Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Alex Kesselman, San Jose, CA (US);
Roman Maslennikov, Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Alexander Maltsev, Jr., Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Alexey Khoryaev, Dzerzhinsk, RU;
Mikhail Shilov, Nizhny Novgorod, RU;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising communicating in a wireless network using a low-rate quasi omni-directional communications mode implemented as TX-RX space scanning using directional antennas, and a high-rate directional communications mode with beamformed directional antennas, and wherein the quasi low-rate omni-directional communications mode using TX-RX space scanning uses a same frame to simultaneously carry control information and perform beamforming training of the directional antennas.