Methods and apparatus for fixed broadband communication and backhaul access with large number of antennas

Abstract

A consumer premise equipment (CPE) which may comprise a processor, a storage medium, and an antenna, wherein the processor may be operatively coupled to the storage medium and the antenna to receive, from multiple antennas of a hub station, a first beam training announcement signal that may inform the CPE to be ready to receive a beam training packet using one or more beams, wherein the beam training packet may include a plurality of symbols that are each beamformed using a different beamformer or precoder; and send, to the hub station, a beamforming feedback report based on measurements taken by the CPE, possibly as a result of the CPE receiving the first beam training announcement signal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A consumer premise equipment (CPE) comprising a processor, a storage medium, and an antenna, wherein the processor is operatively coupled to the storage medium and the antenna to:
 receive, from multiple antennas of a hub station, a first beam training announcement signal that informs the CPE to be ready to receive a beam training packet using one or more beams, wherein the beam training packet includes a plurality of symbols that are each beamformed using a different beamformer or precoder; and   send, to the hub station, a beamforming feedback report based on measurements taken by the CPE as a result of the CPE receiving the first beam training announcement signal.