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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H01Q 3/26 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0682 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 74/0866 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for associating network devices to a network. The method can include receiving a beacon from a source by an antenna array, allocating resources to beamform and beamforming after receiving at least a portion of the beacon. The beamforming can be accomplished prior to completion of an association request and prior to receipt of an acceptance signal in response to the association request. Accordingly directional transmissions can be utilized transmit at least part of an association request and to transmit an acceptance signal corresponding to the association request.