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Multi-antenna wireless transmitter and method with MIMO beamforming

US12237886B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 2023
Grant dateFeb 25, 2025
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/12
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless initiator access point comprising a communication interface with an array of antennas and configured to operate the array of antennas with a precoding configuration for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication with a plurality of wireless stations; send a Null Data Packet (NDP) Announcement frame to the wireless stations; trigger a wireless participator access point to send an NDP frame to the wireless stations; receive a plurality of Compressed Beamforming frames from the wireless stations; and forward the Compressed Beamforming frames to the wireless participator access point.

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