Technique to provide proprietary MIMO format in a product and ability to support a new standard when the new standard is developed
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- upgrading from a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication format to a second MIMO wireless communication format in a device that communicates with multiple stations; and
transmitting a signal from the device to the multiple stations, in which the signal includes an identifier that the device is upgraded from the first MIMO format to the second MIMO format.
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Abstract
A technique to provide proprietary MIMO format in a product and ability to support a new standard when the new standard is developed for wireless communication in a MIMO system. A product may include a “hook” to allow for the protection of existing proprietary MIMO mode of operation, once a new MIMO standard is made available to the industry. Once an access point device is upgraded to the new MIMO standard for communicating, the hook may be used to elicit a certain response from a given station to protect the proprietary MIMO mode for communicating with those stations not yet upgraded. In one technique, a proprietary information element in a beacon is used as the hook and RTS+CTS or CTS-to-self condition are used to inform the access point device to continue use of the proprietary MIMO mode.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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upgrading from a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication format to a second MIMO wireless communication format in a device that communicates with multiple stations; and
transmitting a signal from the device to the multiple stations, in which the signal includes an identifier that the device is upgraded from the first MIMO format to the second MIMO format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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upgrading from a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication format to a second MIMO wireless communication format in a device that communicates with multiple stations;
transmitting a first signal from a first device to a second device, in which the first signal includes an identifier that the first device is upgraded to the second MIMO format;
receiving a second signal from the second device that the second device is not upgraded to the second MIMO communication format and that the first device is to continue communicating with the second device using the first MIMO wireless communication format. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving a first signal that includes an identifier from a device, in which the identifier includes information that the device is upgraded from a first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication format to a second MIMO wireless communication format;
transmitting a second signal in reply to the first signal that the first MIMO wireless communication format is to be used in decoding data being transmitted following the second the signal; and
transmitting data to the device using the first MIMO wireless communication format. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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