Method and apparatus of connectivity recovery in a wireless network
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1. A method of communication in a wireless millimeter personal area network, the method comprising:
- performing an antenna training process, the antenna training process corresponding to first and second communication paths with a remote station, wherein the first communication path is a direct communication path with the remote station and the second communication path is an indirect communication path with the remote station;
communicating with the remote station across the first communication path; and
when the first communication path becomes disrupted or broken, ceasing communications with the remote station across the first communication path and communicating with the remote station across the second communication path.
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Abstract
A wireless communication device and a method of operating an antenna training process to discover first and second communication paths between at least two stations, to rank according to a quality criterion transmitting and receiving modes of an antenna, to report best transmitting mode and best receiving mode for transmitting and receiving signals over said first and second communication paths and to establish a communication link on a selected communication path based on the quality of the transmitting mode and said receiving mode.
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1. A method of communication in a wireless millimeter personal area network, the method comprising:
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performing an antenna training process, the antenna training process corresponding to first and second communication paths with a remote station, wherein the first communication path is a direct communication path with the remote station and the second communication path is an indirect communication path with the remote station; communicating with the remote station across the first communication path; and when the first communication path becomes disrupted or broken, ceasing communications with the remote station across the first communication path and communicating with the remote station across the second communication path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a controller to perform an antenna training process, the antenna training process corresponding to first and second communication paths with a remote station; one or more antennas to communicate with the remote station across the first communication path, the one or more antennas to, when the first communication path becomes disrupted or broken, cease communicating with the remote station across the first communication path and to communicate with the remote station across the second communication path, wherein the first communication path is a direct communication path with the remote station, and the second communication path is an indirect communication path with the remote station. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a controller to perform an antenna training process, the antenna training process corresponding to first and second communication paths with a remote device, said controller is to control one or more antennas to communicate with the remote device across the first communication path and, when the first communication path becomes disrupted or broken, to cease communicating with the remote device across the first communication path and to communicate with the remote device across the second communication path, wherein the first communication path is a direct communication path with the remote device, and the second communication path is an indirect communication path with the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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