Apparatus, system and method of wireless backhaul and access communication via a common antenna array
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1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
- a memory; and
a beamforming processor component to process Multi-User (MU) Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) communications via an antenna array of a wireless communication node, the beamforming processor component to cause one or more first sub-arrays of the antenna array to form one or more first directional beams to allow communications on one or more backhaul links between the wireless communication node and one or more other wireless communication nodes, and to cause one or more second sub-arrays of the antenna array to form one or more second directional beams to allow communications on one or more access links between the wireless communication node and one or more User Equipment (UEs);
a backhaul processor component to process the communications on said one or more backhaul links; and
an access processor component to process the communications on said one or more access links.
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of wireless backhaul and access communication via a common antenna array. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication unit to control an antenna array to form one or more first beams for communicating over one or more access links and to form one or more second beams for communicating over one or more backhaul links, the access links including wireless communication links between a wireless communication node and one or more mobile devices, and the backhaul links including wireless communication links between the wireless node and one or more other wireless communication nodes.
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1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and a beamforming processor component to process Multi-User (MU) Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) communications via an antenna array of a wireless communication node, the beamforming processor component to cause one or more first sub-arrays of the antenna array to form one or more first directional beams to allow communications on one or more backhaul links between the wireless communication node and one or more other wireless communication nodes, and to cause one or more second sub-arrays of the antenna array to form one or more second directional beams to allow communications on one or more access links between the wireless communication node and one or more User Equipment (UEs); a backhaul processor component to process the communications on said one or more backhaul links; and an access processor component to process the communications on said one or more access links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A product comprising a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in causing a wireless communication node to:
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perform beamforming processing to cause one or more first sub-arrays of an antenna array of said wireless communication node to form one or more first directional beams to allow communications on one or more backhaul links between the wireless communication node and one or more other wireless communication nodes, and to cause one or more second sub-arrays of the antenna array to form one or more second directional beams to allow communications on one or more access links between the wireless communication node and one or more User Equipment (UEs); and process Multi-User (MU) Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) communications over the backhaul links and the access links, processing the MU MIMO communications comprising performing first baseband processing of the communications on said one or more backhaul links, and performing second baseband processing of the communications on said one or more access links. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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