Patent ID: 9014203
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An access point to wirelessly communicate with a station, said access point comprising: an array of antennas, wherein each of the antennas comprises a port; a beam forming network to form multiple beams from the array of antennas; a switch connected to the beam forming network; a test receiver to scan the ports of the array of antennas through the switch to determine at least one of (1) responses from the station and (2) signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of the station; an analog transceiver coupled to the switch; wherein the access point is to communicate the at least one of (1) responses from the station and (2) SNRs of the station to a central controller for use by the central controller to schedule downlink frame transmissions for the access point, and wherein the access point is to communicate with the central controller using the analog transceiver.