Sectorized Antenna Segmentation for Unsynchronized MU-MIMO
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems in the millimeter-wave band, particularly those using sectorized antennas, face challenges in efficiently supporting multi-user MIMO communications and achieving high data transmission rates due to limitations in channel bandwidth and synchronization requirements.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a wireless station with a plurality of sectorized antennas that operate independently, allowing for unsynchronized MU-MIMO communications and channel bonding to increase channel bandwidth, enabling simultaneous transmission to multiple users without requiring time synchronization between antennas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If sectorized antennas are used for multi-user communication, then network capacity and data transmission rates are improved, but synchronization requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the wireless communication system into multiple independent sectorized antennas, each capable of autonomous operation. Each antenna sector functions as an independent transmission unit, eliminating the need for complex inter-antenna synchronization while maintaining high network capacity through parallel multi-user communications.
2Productivity
If channel bandwidth is increased to support high data rates, then data transmission rate is improved, but interference between antennas increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the antenna system into independent sectorized units, each antenna operates autonomously without requiring synchronization with others. This segmentation eliminates inter-antenna interference that would otherwise occur when multiple antennas transmit simultaneously on bonded channels, while still achieving high data rates through parallel transmissions to multiple users.
3Productivity
If multiple antennas operate simultaneously for MU-MIMO, then network capacity is improved, but time synchronization between antennas becomes more critical
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements complete functional segmentation where each sectorized antenna operates as an independent unit with autonomous transmission capabilities. This segmentation removes the need for time synchronization between antennas, as each sector independently manages its own transmissions to assigned users, thereby maintaining high network capacity without synchronization timing constraints.
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AI summary
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.