TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIGH-DIRECTIONAL STEERABLE ANTENNAS COMBINING QUASI OMNI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSIONS WITH BEAMFORMING TRAINING

摘要

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising communicating in a wireless network using a low-rate quasi omni-directional communications mode implemented as TX-RX space scanning using directional antennas, and a high-rate directional communications mode with beamformed directional antennas, and wherein the quasi low-rate omni-directional communications mode using TX-RX space scanning uses a same frame to simultaneously carry control information and perform beamforming training of the directional antennas.