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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2011
Ying-cheng Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy J. Donovan, Livermore, CA (US);
Ken Kinwah Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Ying-Cheng Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy J. Donovan, Livermore, CA (US);
Ken Kinwah Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., , BM;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with beamforming with steering submatrix selection are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a steering matrix cache unit configured to store a steering matrix. The apparatus also includes a read control unit configured to select a steering submatrix from the steering matrix based, at least in part, on packet transmission instructions associated with a packet being processed for transmission. The read control unit is also configured to provide weights from the selected steering submatrix to a transmitter transmitting the packet.