Patent ID: 9344161
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An access point for enhanced coverage of a wireless local area network, the access point comprising: an antenna apparatus that provides a plurality of antenna patterns for communication over a wireless local area network; and a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor: maps a plurality of virtual access points, each virtual access point identified by a BSSID access point identifier and corresponding to at least one of the plurality of directional antenna patterns, and effectuates simultaneous transmission of a broadcast communication on each of the virtual access points from the plurality of virtual access points, each broadcast communication including a same SSID network identifier, and wherein transmission of a first broadcast communication on a first of the plurality of virtual access points at a first periodic interval is phased relative to a second periodic interval of a simultaneously transmitting second broadcast communication from a second of the plurality of virtual access points, wherein the first periodic interval is offset from the second periodic interval by a time interval less than the first periodic interval.