Directional transmission techniques
View Patent ↗Embodiments provide techniques for the transmission of broadcasts. For instance, an apparatus may include a sequence selection module, and multiple radiating elements. The sequence selection module selects sequences of directional transmission patterns, where each selected sequence corresponds to a time period. The multiple radiating elements wirelessly transmit a broadcast at the time periods in accordance with the selected sequences. The broadcast may include, for example, beacons, and/or a data broadcast, and/or a control broadcast and/or a management broadcast.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a sequence selection module to select first and second sequences of a plurality of directional transmission patterns, each of the plurality of directional transmission patterns corresponding to a sector; and
a plurality of radiating elements to:
wirelessly transmit, in a first time interval, multiple beacon transmissions in accordance with the first sequence; and
wirelessly transmit, in a second time interval, multiple beacon transmissions in accordance with the second sequence.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sequence selection module is to randomly select between the first and second sequences.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a directional control module to establish operational characteristics for the plurality of radiating elements based on the first and second sequences.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a host module to perform operations associated with one or more user applications.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second sequences encompasses a full rotation panorama.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of radiating elements is to wirelessly transmit a data transmission between the first and second time intervals.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first time interval and second time interval are beacon periods.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first sequence is different from the second sequence.
9. A method, comprising:
selecting a first sequence of a plurality of directional transmission patterns;
sending, in a first time period, multiple beacon transmissions in accordance with the first sequence of the plurality of directional transmission patterns;
selecting a second sequence of the plurality of directional transmission patterns; and
sending, in a second time period, multiple beacon transmissions in accordance with the second sequence of the plurality of directional transmission patterns,
wherein the first sequence is different from the second sequence.
10. The method of claim 9 : wherein said selecting the first sequence and said selecting the second sequence are in accordance with a random selection technique.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of directional transmission patterns corresponds to a sector in an available transmission panorama.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first time period and second time period are beacon periods.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising wirelessly transmitting a data transmission between the first and second time periods.
14. An apparatus, comprising:
a sequence selection module to select first and second sequences of a plurality of directional transmission patterns, each of the plurality of directional transmission patterns corresponding to a sector; and
a directional control module to establish operational characteristics for a plurality of radiating elements based on the first and second sequences,
wherein the operational characteristics are in accordance the first sequence for multiple beacon transmissions in a first time interval;
wherein the operational characteristics are in accordance the second sequence for multiple beacon transmissions in a second time interval.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the sequence selection module is to randomly select between the first and second sequences.
16. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising: a host module to perform operations associated with one or more user applications.
17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein one or more user applications include a video application.
18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein each of the first and second sequences encompasses a full rotation panorama.
19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of radiating elements is to wirelessly transmit a data transmission between the first and second time intervals.
20. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first time interval and the second time interval are beacon periods.
21. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first sequence is different from the first sequence.
22. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising the plurality of radiating elements.
23. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-accessible medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
select first and second sequences of a plurality of directional transmission patterns, each of the plurality of directional transmission patterns corresponding to a sector; and
establish operational characteristics for a plurality of radiating elements based on the first and second sequences,
wherein the operational characteristics are in accordance the first sequence for multiple beacon transmissions in a first time interval; and
wherein the operational characteristics are in accordance the second sequence for multiple beacon transmissions in a second time interval.
24. The article of claim 23 , wherein said selecting the first sequence and said selecting the second sequence are in accordance with a random selection technique.
25. The article of claim 23 , wherein each of the first and second sequences encompasses a full rotation panorama.