Device, system and method of simultaneously communicating with a group of wireless communication devices
First Claim
1. A device including:
- a wireless communication unit to communicate with a group of a plurality of wireless communication devices over a wireless communication medium using one or more addresses assigned to the plurality of wireless communication devices in the group, wherein the wireless communication unit is to reserve the wireless communication medium for a time period, during which the wireless communication unit is to transmit at least one beamforming-training initiation frame to the wireless communication devices, to receive two or more feedback frames from two or more of the wireless communication devices, to determine two or more beamforming schemes based on the two or more feedback frames, and to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to the two or more wireless communication devices, respectively, using the two or more beamforming schemes.
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of simultaneously communicating with a group of wireless communication devices. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to transmit at least one beamforming-training initiation frame to a group of a plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the wireless communication unit is to receive two or more feedback frames from two or more of the wireless communication devices, wherein the wireless communication unit is to determine two or more beamforming schemes based on the two or more feedback frames, and wherein the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to the two or more wireless communication devices, respectively, using the two or more beamforming schemes, respectively. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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21 Claims
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1. A device including:
a wireless communication unit to communicate with a group of a plurality of wireless communication devices over a wireless communication medium using one or more addresses assigned to the plurality of wireless communication devices in the group, wherein the wireless communication unit is to reserve the wireless communication medium for a time period, during which the wireless communication unit is to transmit at least one beamforming-training initiation frame to the wireless communication devices, to receive two or more feedback frames from two or more of the wireless communication devices, to determine two or more beamforming schemes based on the two or more feedback frames, and to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to the two or more wireless communication devices, respectively, using the two or more beamforming schemes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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reserving, by a wireless communication unit, a wireless communication medium for a time period; and during the reserved time period, transmitting at least one beamforming-training initiation frame from the wireless communication unit to a group of a plurality of wireless communication devices using one or more addresses assigned to the plurality of wireless communication devices in the group, receiving, at the wireless communication unit, two or more feedback frames from two or more wireless communication devices of the plurality of wireless communication devices, determining two or more beamforming schemes based on the two or more feedback frames, and simultaneously transmitting two or more different wireless communication transmissions from the wireless communication unit to the two or more wireless communication devices, respectively, using the two or more beamforming schemes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a wireless communication device to communicate with a group of a plurality of other wireless communication devices using one or more addresses assigned to the plurality of other wireless communication devices in the group, wherein the wireless communication device includes; one or more antennas; and a wireless communication unit is to reserve the wireless communication medium for a time period, during which the wireless communication unit is to transmit at least one beamforming-training initiation frame to the group of wireless communication devices, to receive two or more feedback frames from two or more of the wireless communication devices, to determine two or more beamforming schemes based on the two or more feedback frames and to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to the two or more wireless communication devices, respectively, using the two or more beamforming schemes. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:
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reserving, by a wireless communication unit, a wireless communication medium for a time period; and during the reserved time period, transmitting at least one beamforming-training initiation frame from the wireless communication unit to a group of plurality of wireless communication devices using one or more addresses assigned to the plurality of wireless communication devices in the group, receiving, at the wireless communication unit, two or more feedback frames from two or more wireless communication devices of the plurality of wireless communication devices, determining two or more beamforming schemes based on the two or more feedback frames, and simultaneously transmitting two or more different wireless communication transmissions from the wireless communication unit to the two or more wireless communication devices, respectively, using the two or more beamforming scheme. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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