Methods for improving wireless communications when interference or signal loss is directional in nature
US8675617B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A client station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication system includes a beam commutation algorithm and a smart antenna responsive to the beam commutation algorithm for selecting one of a plurality of directional antenna beams. The smart antenna is configured as a virtual omni-directional antenna by using a commutation of switched directional antenna beams. A switched directional antenna system that performs a commutation sequencing can be blind to environmental conditions and changes.
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