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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Hongyuan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Rohit U. Nabar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manyuan Shen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Songping Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hui-Ling Lou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Marvell World Trade Ltd, St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A beamforming training (BFT) data unit for transmission via a communication channel in a wireless personal area network is generated, and in particular, is for transmitting beamforming training information. A physical layer header and first BFT data are encoded using block encoding to generate a first block. Second BFT data are encoded using block encoding to generate a second block. The BFT data unit is generated with a fixed-length payload, such that the BFT data unit includes only i) a preamble, ii) the first block, and iii) the second block.