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Protection mechanisms for multi-user MIMO transmissions

US8989066B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

15References

34Claims

0Family size

Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Simone Merlin · San Diego, US
Santosh Paul Abraham · San Diego, US
Hemanth Sampath · San Diego, US
Vincent Knowles Jones, IV · Redwood Shores, US
Maarten Menzo Wentink · Naarden, NL
Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi · San Diego, US
Sameer Vermani · San Diego, US
Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee · De Meern, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2011
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W74/002
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for medium reservation in the case of multi-user (MU) communications. Multiple mechanisms are supported for protecting MU transmissions, wherein appropriate control messages can be exchanged between an access point and served user stations before transmitting downlink data packets.

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