Patent ID: 9667301
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless access point (WAP) apparatus supporting wireless communications with associated stations on a selected communication channel of a wireless local area network (WLAN); and the WAP apparatus comprising: a plurality of shared and discrete components coupled to one another to form a plurality of transmit and receive chains each coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of RF communication ports for orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) WLAN communications with the associated stations; the plurality of radio frequency “RF” communication ports each configured to mechanically couple to any one of: a coaxial cable direct connected to one of the associated stations, a coaxial cable direct connected to a remote antenna, and an antenna; to allow on premises installation of the WAP apparatus with a customized mix of wired and wireless communication medium coupled to the plurality of RF communication ports; a port evaluator coupled to each of the plurality of RF communication ports to evaluate the selected communication channel on each of the RF communication ports with respect to each of the associated stations; and a port correlator coupled to the plurality of components and the port evaluator and configured to correlate each of the associated stations with a corresponding subset of the RF communication ports supporting optimal communications therewith based on the evaluation by the port evaluator.