Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for multi-access point beamforming in a wireless network
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Application No.: US16842652Application Date: 2020-04-07
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Publication No.: US11659581B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: James June-Ming Wang , Yongho Seok , James Chih-Shi Yee , Jianhan Liu , Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
- Applicant: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: SG Solaris
- Assignee: Mediatek Singapore PTE. LTD.
- Current Assignee: Mediatek Singapore PTE. LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Main IPC: H04W72/08
- IPC: H04W72/08 ; H04B17/336 ; H04W16/28 ; H04W24/10 ; H04W72/04 ; H04W80/08 ; H04W72/541 ; H04W72/044

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for multi-AP beamforming (e.g., nulling) and spatial reuse to mitigate interference and improve the performance of MAP wireless networks. According to one embodiment, multiple APs agree to collaborate in multi-AP beamforming, transmissions of received PDDUs are measured to determine interference information, the APS generate interference maps, and the APs perform joint and Multi-AP beamforming in a first and second BSS to avoid/mitigate interference of the MAP wireless network. An RTS and CTS frame exchange sequence can be performed prior to Multi-AP beamforming between BSSs using a flag/indicator in the RTS frame to indicate coordinated transmission, or an UL trigger frame can be used to indicate a coordinated UL transmission.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200322964A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ACCESS POINT BEAMFORMING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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