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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Mediatek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
James June-Ming Wang, San Marino, CA (US);
Jianhan Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Yung-Ping Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Shi Yee, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chao-Chun Wang, Taipei, TW;
Vishakan Ponnampalam, San Jose, CA (US);
MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A communication method for a wireless network is disclosed. The wireless network comprises a plurality of wireless devices. The method comprises transmitting one or multiple packets with an omni-beam by a first wireless device to a second wireless device in a packet exchange during an omni-beam duration to indicate a sectorized-beam duration, receiving the packet(s) by a third wireless device, transmitting/receiving data by the first wireless device using a sectorized beam in a packet exchange with the second wireless device during the sectorized beam duration, and detecting by the third wireless device the sectorized beam packet(s) from the first wireless device and packet(s) from the second wireless device, if no sectorized beam packet(s) from the first wireless device and packet(s) from the second wireless device is detected, the third wireless device starting to communicating with a fourth wireless device.