Efficient Unified Beamforming Techniques for Multi-Link Operations

Abstract: in various embodiments described herein, network devices, such as clients and access points (aps) can conduct an association or sounding process utilizing a unified beamforming matrix. as wireless network associations are increasingly utilizing multiple links, processes that are typically done for each link can become redundant. in response, embodiments described herein can unify, compress, or otherwise streamline beamforming operations across multiple links into one link. for example, beamforming over multiple links can traditionally require data to be exchanged on each link. the beamforming parameters can instead, in many embodiments, transmit beamforming data or matrices on a single link that comprises a unified beamforming matrix, which can reduce the amount of data that is transmitted, and reduce temporal decay by packaging and transmitting data together instead of transmitting over each and every link. this can improve overall network performance and increase transmission efficiency.

Inventor(s): Indermeet Gandhi, Jerome Henry, Matthew Silverman, Malcolm Smith

CPC Classification: H04B7/0456 (using two or more spaced independent antennas)

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