Methods Circuits Systems and Associated Computer Executable Code for Performing Beamforming Based Wireless Communication
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- a radio block comprising two or more radio frequency chains for receiving and transmitting wireless signals including wireless data packets;
a modem block comprising one or more baseband modem circuits; and
bridging circuitry situated on a signal path between said radio block and said modem block adapted to perform digital preprocessing of signals received by said radio frequency chains and to forward the preprocessed signals to at least one of said one or more modem circuits, said bridging circuitry comprising;
wireless packet detection and characterization circuitry adapted to detect arrival of a given wireless packet and estimate one or more multipath directions from which the given wireless packet is arriving;
direction selection logic adapted to select two or more wireless packet arrival directions for reception; and
a dynamic Rx beamforming unit adapted to either generate or to steer an Rx beam in each of the selected wireless packet arrival directions.
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Abstract
Disclosed are Bridging circuitries (BC100), and access points comprising BC100, which may be adapted to perform signal interfacing, signal conditioning, signal analysis and/or other signal processing to signals passing between RF Chains and Baseband Modem Circuits (BBMC), wherein interfacing, conditioning, analysis and/or processing may include: (1) Tx beam forming, (2) Rx Beam forming, (3) per beam Rx packet detection, (4) signal analysis and characterization and (4) MIMO spatial expansion. BC100 may include signal processing circuitry adapted to perform simultaneous multi-DOA estimation and packet detection upon multiple beams. BC100 may also be adapted to coordinate operation of the RF Chains and BBMC relative to one another. BC100 may also comprise memory for storing signal characteristics which may be utilized to improve its operation
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28 Claims
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a radio block comprising two or more radio frequency chains for receiving and transmitting wireless signals including wireless data packets; a modem block comprising one or more baseband modem circuits; and bridging circuitry situated on a signal path between said radio block and said modem block adapted to perform digital preprocessing of signals received by said radio frequency chains and to forward the preprocessed signals to at least one of said one or more modem circuits, said bridging circuitry comprising; wireless packet detection and characterization circuitry adapted to detect arrival of a given wireless packet and estimate one or more multipath directions from which the given wireless packet is arriving; direction selection logic adapted to select two or more wireless packet arrival directions for reception; and a dynamic Rx beamforming unit adapted to either generate or to steer an Rx beam in each of the selected wireless packet arrival directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a radio block comprising two or more radio frequency chains for receiving and transmitting wireless signals; a modem block comprising one or more baseband modem circuits; and bridging circuitry situated on a signal path between said radio block and said modem block and adapted to perform digital preprocessing of signals received from said one or more modem circuits and to forward the preprocessed signals to at least one of said radio frequency chains for transmission, said bridging circuitry comprising; wireless packet detection and characterization circuitry adapted to detect arrival of a given packet from a given client device and to estimate one or more multipath directions from which the given wireless packet arrived; a dynamic Tx beamforming unit adapted to perform beamforming upon signals received from said modem circuits; and a controller adapted to cause said Tx beamforming unit to perform beamforming, of two or more beams in two or more selected directions, for transmitting a signal generated by said modem circuits and intended for the given client device, wherein direction selection for Tx beamforming is at least partially based on parameters determined by said packet detection and characterization circuitry for the given wireless packet received from the given client device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing wireless data communication comprising:
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a radio block comprising two or more radio frequency chains for receiving and transmitting wireless signals; a modem block comprising one or more baseband modem circuits; and a calibration network adapted to facilitate determination of phase differences between said radio frequency chains; and bridging circuitry situated on a signal path between said radio block, said calibration network and said modem block adapted to perform dynamic Rx beamforming and dynamic Tx beamforming of signals received or transmitted by said radio block while compensating for the phase differences between said radio frequency chains. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. Bridging circuitry comprising:
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one or more inputs for receiving signals from one or more Radio Frequency (RF) Chains; one or more outputs for forwarding signals to one or more baseband modem circuits; and first signal processing circuitry adapted to be situated on a signal path between the RF Chains and the modem circuits and to perform digital preprocessing of signals received from the RF chains and to forward the preprocessed signals to at least one of the one or more modem circuits. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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