IP Library Granted Patent US 10,243,630
Granted Patent B2
US 10,243,630 · App. 15/863,945 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Apparatus, system and method of communicating via a plurality of sectorized antennas

Inventors: Laurent Cariou (Portland, OR); Solomon B. Trainin (Haifa, IL); Chittabrata Ghosh (Fremont, CA); Ou Yang (Santa Clara, CA); Carlos Cordeiro (Portland, OR)
Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATION
H04B7/0452H04B7/0897H04L61/6022H04L69/322
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Patent No.
US 10,243,630
App. No.
15/863,945
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

For example, an apparatus may include a plurality of PHY components configured to communicate over a frequency band above 45 GHz via a plurality of sectorized antennas, the plurality of PHY components including at least a first PHY component to communicate via a first sectorized antenna and a second PRY component to communicate via a second sectorized antenna; a plurality of MAC components including at least a first MAC component and a second MAC component, the first MAC component configured to control channel access via the first sectorized antenna and to process MPDUs to be communicated via the first sectorized antenna, the second MAC component configured to control channel access via the second sectorized antenna and to process MPDUs to be communicated via the second sectorized antenna; and a MAC management component configured to manage communication via the plurality of sectorized antennas.

Claims (28)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of Physical layer (PHY) components comprising logic and circuitry configured to communicate over a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz) via a plurality of sectorized antennas of a wireless communication device, the plurality of PHY components comprising at least a first PHY component to communicate via a first sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas and a second PHY component to communicate via a second sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas;

a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) components, the plurality of MAC components comprising at least a first MAC component and a second MAC component, the first MAC component comprising logic and circuitry configured to control channel access via the first sectorized antenna and to process MAC Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) to be communicated via the first sectorized antenna, the second MAC component comprising logic and circuitry configured to control channel access via the second sectorized antenna and to process MPDUs to be communicated via the second sectorized antenna; and

a MAC management component comprising logic and circuitry configured to manage communication via the plurality of sectorized antennas, the MAC management component configured to coordinate a synchronized transmission via the plurality of sectorized antennas.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the MAC management component is configured to coordinate a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission via the plurality of sectorized antennas.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the MIMO transmission comprises a Multi-User (MU) MIMO transmission.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the MIMO transmission comprises a Single-User (SU) MIMO transmission.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first MAC component is to process a first transmission to one or more first stations (STAs) via the first sectorized antenna, and the second MAC component is to process a second transmission to one or more second STAs via the second sectorized antenna.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sectorized antennas have an overlapping coverage.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sectorized antennas have a non-overlapping coverage.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first PHY component is configured to communicate via a first Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas over a DMG frequency band, and the second PHY component is configured to communicate via a second DMG antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas over the DMG frequency band.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising the plurality of sectorized antennas.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a memory and a processor.

11. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause a wireless communication device to:

operate a plurality of Physical layer (PHY) components to communicate over a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz) via a plurality of sectorized antennas of the wireless communication device, operating the plurality of PHY components comprises operating at least a first PHY component to communicate via a first sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas and a second PHY component to communicate via a second sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas;

operate a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) components comprising at least a first MAC component and a second MAC component by operating the first MAC component to control channel access via the first sectorized antenna and to process MAC Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) to be communicated via the first sectorized antenna, and operating the second MAC component to control channel access via the second sectorized antenna and to process MPDUs to be communicated via the second sectorized antenna; and

operate a MAC management component to manage communication via the plurality of sectorized antennas, the instructions, when executed, cause the MAC management component to coordinate a synchronized transmission via the plurality of sectorized antennas.

12. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the MAC management component to coordinate a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission via the plurality of sectorized antennas.

13. The product of claim 12 wherein the MIMO transmission comprises a Single-User (SU) MIMO transmission.

14. The product of claim 12 , wherein the MIMO transmission comprises a Multi-User (MU) MIMO transmission.

15. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the first MAC component to process a first transmission to one or more first stations (STAs) via the first sectorized antenna, and the second MAC component to process a second transmission to one or more second STAs via the second sectorized antenna.

16. The product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the first PHY component to communicate via a first Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas over a DMG frequency band, and the second PHY component to communicate via a second DMG antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas over the DMG frequency band.

17. An apparatus for a wireless communication device, the apparatus comprising:

means for operating a plurality of Physical layer (PHY) components to communicate over a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz) via a plurality of sectorized antennas of the wireless communication device, operating the plurality of PHY components comprises operating at least a first PHY component to communicate via a first sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas and a second PHY component to communicate via a second sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas;

means for operating a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) components comprising at least a first MAC component and a second MAC component by operating the first MAC component to control channel access via the first sectorized antenna and to process MAC Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) to be communicated via the first sectorized antenna, and operating the second MAC component to control channel access via the second sectorized antenna and to process MPDUs to be communicated via the second sectorized antenna; and

means for operating a MAC management component to manage communication via the plurality of sectorized antennas, the means for operating the MAC management component comprising means for coordinating a synchronized transmission via the plurality of sectorized antennas.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 comprising means for causing the MAC management component to coordinate a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission via the plurality of sectorized antennas.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 comprising means for causing the first PHY component to communicate via a first Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas over a DMG frequency band, and the second PHY component to communicate via a second DMG antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas over the DMG frequency band.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: INTEL IP CORPORATION
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057061/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2021
From: INTEL IP CORPORATION
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057254/0415 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2018
From: CARIOU, LAURENT; TRAININ, SOLOMON B.; GHOSH, CHITTABRATA; YANG, OU; CORDEIRO, CARLOS
To: INTEL IP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046450/0144 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15199588 · Jun 30, 2016
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