SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOWING MULTIPLE STATIONS IN A NETWORK TO USE MU-MIMO TRANSMIT BEAMFORMING
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1. A method for Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission, the method comprising:
- assigning to an originator station in a MU-MIMO wireless communication network, said originator station separate from a primary beamformer of the MU-MIMO communication network, permission for MU group management.
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Abstract
System and method for Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission, the method including assigning to an originator station in a MU-MIMO wireless communication network, said originator station separate from a primary beamformer of the MU-MIMO communication network, permission for MU group management, and performing MU-MIMO transmission by the originator station to a plurality of stations in the MU-MIMO communication network.
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1. A method for Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission, the method comprising:
assigning to an originator station in a MU-MIMO wireless communication network, said originator station separate from a primary beamformer of the MU-MIMO communication network, permission for MU group management. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) group management by a non-primary beamformer originator station of a MU-MIMO communication network, the method comprising:
receiving, at the non-primary beamformer originator station, notification of an assignment, from a primary beamformer of the MU-MIMO communication network, of permission for MU-MIMO group management by the non-primary beamformer originator station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A primary beamformer comprising:
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a processor; and a computer usable medium connected to the processor, wherein the computer usable medium contains a set of instructions for performing a multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmission in a MU-MIMO communication network, wherein the processor is designed to carry out a set of instructions to perform a method of; assigning to an originator station in a MU-MIMO wireless communication network, said originator station separate from the primary beamformer of the MU-MIMO communication network, permission for MU group management. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A non-primary beamformer originator station comprising:
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a processor; and a computer usable medium connected to the processor, wherein the computer usable medium contains a set of instructions for group management by the non-primary beamformer originator station in a MU-MIMO communication network, wherein the processor is designed to carry out a set of instructions to perform a method of; receiving, at the non-primary beamformer originator station, notification of an assignment, from a primary beamformer of the MU-MIMO communication network, of permission for MU-MIMO group management by the non-primary beamformer originator station. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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