Patent ID: 7274677
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of network management comprising: providing a central controller for controlling network access of a first access point having a respective first plurality of associated clients and a second access point having a second plurality of associated clients; monitoring packet angle-of-arrival information to determine a location for the first plurality of clients and the second plurality of clients; determining a first client selected from the first plurality of associated clients and a second client selected from the second plurality of associated clients that can use a channel concurrently; controlling the direction of an adaptive antenna array associated with one of the group consisting of the first access point and the second access point to allow simultaneous access between the first client and the second client based on their respective location determined during the monitoring packet angle of arrival information; and scheduling a time slot with the first access point for the first client and with the second access point for the second client; wherein the first client and second client use the same time slot and same channel concurrently; and wherein the controlling the direction uses one of the group consisting of adaptive beam forming and adaptive null forming to compute an orthogonal antenna array pattern.