Patent ID: 7729728
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selectively allowing a receiving device to operatively associate with a beam downlink transmittable to the receiving device via a phased array antenna of an access point; receiving an uplink transmission from the receiving device through the phased array antenna; determining from the uplink transmission if the receiving device should operatively associate with a different beam downlink transmittable via the phased array antenna; allowing the receiving device to operatively associate with the different beam downlink if determining that the receiving device should operatively associate with the different beam downlink; actively probing the receiving device by generating a signal to initiate that the phased array antenna transmit at least one downlink transmittable message over the different beam downlink, and gathering signal parameter information from uplink transmittable messages received from the receiving device through the phased array antenna.