US 11,990,975 B2
Non-personal basic service point / access point (PCP/AP) communication device, non-PCP/AP communication method, PCP/AP communication device and PCP/AP communication method
Yao Huang Gaius Wee, Singapore (SG); Hiroyuki Motozuka, Kanagawa (JP); Lei Huang, Singapore (SG); Tomoya Urushihara, Kanagawa (JP); and Masataka Irie, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,182.
Application 18/171,182 is a continuation of application No. 17/149,599, filed on Jan. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,616,559.
Application 17/149,599 is a continuation of application No. 16/374,622, filed on Apr. 3, 2019, granted, now 10,944,463, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 16/374,622 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/034851, filed on Sep. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-215408 (JP), filed on Nov. 2, 2016; application No. 2017-031029 (JP), filed on Feb. 22, 2017; and application No. 2017-088864 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208499 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0695 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0469 (2013.01); H04B 7/06 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0623 (2013.01); H04B 7/088 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A personal basic service set control point/access point (PCP/AP) communication apparatus, comprising:
a frame generating circuit which, in operation, generates a Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) Beacon frame including a sector sweep (SSW) field, the SSW field including a Parameter subfield indicating a differential value obtained by using a transmission Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of the PCP/AP communication apparatus and a reception antenna gain of the PCP/AP communication apparatus;
a transmission circuit which, in operation, transmits the DMG Beacon frame in a Beacon Transmission Interval (BTI) to a non-PCP/AP communication partner apparatus; and
a reception circuit which, in operation, receives a frame for Association Beamforming Training (A-BFT) transmitted from the non-PCP/AP communication partner apparatus based on a value of the Parameter subfield.