Device, system and method of indicating station-specific information within a wireless communication
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1. A device including:
- a wireless communication unit to transmit a beamformed portion of a wireless communication frame to a plurality of stations using a respective plurality of beamforming configurations,wherein the wireless communication unit is to transmit to the stations beamforming configuration information as part of a non-beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame prior to transmitting the beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame, the beamforming configuration information including a plurality of station identifiers identifying the plurality of stations, respectively, and a plurality of information fields including station-specific information corresponding to the plurality of beamforming configurations, respectively.
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of indicating station-specific information within a wireless communication. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to transmit a wireless communication frame to a plurality of stations using a respective plurality of beamforming configurations, wherein the wireless communication unit is to transmit to the stations beamforming configuration information including station-specific information corresponding to the plurality of beamforming configurations, respectively.
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1. A device including:
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a wireless communication unit to transmit a beamformed portion of a wireless communication frame to a plurality of stations using a respective plurality of beamforming configurations, wherein the wireless communication unit is to transmit to the stations beamforming configuration information as part of a non-beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame prior to transmitting the beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame, the beamforming configuration information including a plurality of station identifiers identifying the plurality of stations, respectively, and a plurality of information fields including station-specific information corresponding to the plurality of beamforming configurations, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system including:
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a wireless communication device including; one or more antennas; and a wireless communication unit to transmit a wireless communication frame to a plurality of stations, wherein the wireless communication frame includes a beamformed portion, which is to be transmitted to the plurality of stations according to a respective plurality of beamforming configurations, wherein, prior to transmitting the beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame, the wireless communication unit is to transmit to the stations beamforming configuration information defining the plurality of beamforming configurations, wherein the wireless communication unit is to transmit the beamforming configuration information as part of a non-beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method including:
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transmitting to a plurality of stations beamforming configuration information as part of a non-beamformed portion of a wireless communication frame prior to transmitting a beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame, the beamforming configuration information corresponding to a plurality of beamforming configurations for transmitting the beamformed portion of the wireless communication frame to the plurality of stations, wherein the beamforming configuration information includes a plurality of station identifiers identifying the plurality of stations, respectively, and a plurality of information fields including station-specific configuration information corresponding to the plurality of beamforming configurations, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An article including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:
transmitting beamforming configuration information to a plurality of stations, prior to transmitting a beamformed portion of a wireless communication frame to the plurality of stations using a plurality of respective beamforming configurations, wherein the beamforming configuration information defines the plurality of beamforming configurations, and wherein transmitting the beamforming configuration information comprises transmitting the beamforming configuration information as part of a non-beamformed portion of said wireless communication frame. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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