Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beamforming feedback frame formats within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
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Application No.: US14067009Application Date: 2013-10-30
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Publication No.: US09325400B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Joonsuk Kim , Joseph Paul Lauer , Vinko Erceg , Peiman Amini , Matthew James Fischer
- Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Shayne X. Short
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04B7/06 ; H04L1/06 ; H04B7/04

Abstract:
Beamforming feedback frame formats within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A transmitting wireless communication device (TX) transmits a sounding frame to one or more receiving wireless communication devices (RXs) using one or more antennae and one or more clusters. Any antenna/cluster combination may be employed in communications between TXs and RXs. The one or more RXs receive/process the sounding frame to determine a type of beamforming feedback frame to be provided to the TX. Any one of a variety of beamforming feedback frame types and a types of information may be contained within a respective beamforming feedback frame including various characteristics of the respective communication channel between the TX and each of the various RXs. A common beamforming feedback frame format may be supported and employed by all such wireless communication devices (e.g., TX and RXs) when performing MU-MIMO operation such as in accordance with IEEE 802.11ac/VHT.
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