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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chittabrata Ghosh, Fremont, CA (US);

Yaron Alpert, Hod Hasharoni, IL;

Avi Mansour, Haifa, IL;

Ziv Avital, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/082 (2013.01); H04B 17/00 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and techniques for multi-phase wireless sounding are described herein. A first set of stations may be selected by an access point from a plurality of stations known to the access point. The access point may then transmit a first sounding request to members of the first set of stations. The access point may receive a sounding report in response to the first sounding request from members of the first set of stations. The access point may then select a second set of stations from the plurality of stations based on the sounding report. This second set of stations is a proper subset of the first set of stations. The access point may then transmit a second sounding request to the second set of stations.


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