Wireless device with directional antennas for use in millimeter-wave peer-to-peer networks and methods for adaptive beam steering
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1. A method of communicating comprising:
- establishing, by a first wireless device, a link with a directional antenna in an initially selected direction with a second wireless device; and
reestablishing the link in a previously identified alternate direction if the link in the initially selected direction deteriorates,wherein the initially selected direction and the alternate direction are selected by both the first and second wireless devices.
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Abstract
Embodiments of wireless device and method for communicating in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a wireless device establishes a link using a directional antenna in an initially selected direction with another wireless device. If the link in the initially selected direction deteriorates, the link may be reestablished in a previously identified alternate direction. In some embodiments, the initially selected direction and the alternate direction are jointly selected by both the first and second wireless devices.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of communicating comprising:
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establishing, by a first wireless device, a link with a directional antenna in an initially selected direction with a second wireless device; and reestablishing the link in a previously identified alternate direction if the link in the initially selected direction deteriorates, wherein the initially selected direction and the alternate direction are selected by both the first and second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless device comprising:
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a directional antenna configurable to communicate signals within each of a plurality of directions; and processing circuitry to identify two or more directions for communicating with a second wireless device, the processing circuitry to select an alternate one of the directions for communicating with the second wireless device after a link established in an initially selected direction deteriorates. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Network interface circuitry for coupling a directional antenna with a first communication device, the network interface circuitry comprising:
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processing circuitry to identify two or more directions for communicating with a second communication device and to select an alternate one of the directions for communicating with the second communication device when a link established in an initially selected one of the directions deteriorates; and a transceiver to generate millimeter-wave signals to communicate with the second communication device over the link. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A kit for configuring a peer-to-peer network comprising:
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first network interface circuitry for coupling a first directional antenna with a first communication device, the first network interface circuitry comprising circuitry to identify two or more directions for communicating with a second communication device and circuitry to select an alternate one of the directions for communicating with the second communication device when a link established in an initially selected one of the directions deteriorates; and second network interface circuitry for coupling a second directional antenna with the second communication device, the second network interface circuitry comprising circuitry to identify the two or more directions for communicating with the first communication device and circuitry to select the alternate direction for communicating with the first communication device when the link established in the initially selected direction with the first communication device deteriorates. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations to:
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establish, by a first wireless device, a link with a directional antenna in an initially selected direction with second wireless device; and reestablish the link in a previously identified alternate direction when the link in the initially selected direction deteriorates, wherein the initially selected direction and the alternate direction are selected by both the first and second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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