METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ASSOCIATION BEAMFORMING TRAINING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

An association beamforming training (A-BFT) method between an access point communicatively coupleable to a plurality of stations through a plurality of channels is described. The method includes: receiving a first sector sweep (SSW) frame from a first station on a first channel; receiving a second SSW frame from a second station on a second channel; processing the first and second SSW frames to determine corresponding first and second sector sweep feedback (SSW-feedback) frames; and transmitting the first and second SSW-feedback frames to the first and second stations, respectively, wherein the second SSW frame may be orthogonal to the first SSW frame, and wherein the first SSW frame may be spread using a first spreading sequence, the second SSW frame may be spread using a second spreading sequence, and wherein the first and second spreading sequences are mutually orthogonal.