Patent ID: 8963792
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H01Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless local area network (“WLAN”) antenna array (“WLANAA”) comprising: a circular housing having a plurality of radial sectors; a plurality of primary antenna elements wherein each individual primary antenna element of the plurality of primary antenna elements is positioned within an individual radial sector of the plurality of radial sectors; a plurality of radios positioned within the plurality of radial sectors and connected to the plurality of primary antenna elements; where the plurality of primary antenna elements and corresponding radial sectors are configured to generate a plurality of radiation patterns corresponding to the plurality of radios and to provide isolation between adjacent radial sectors; a plurality of main reflector elements wherein each main reflector element of the plurality of main reflector elements is located adjacent to a corresponding primary antenna element; where the plurality of main reflector elements are part of a continuous main reflector element that is circular in shape and each primary antenna element is located a quarter wavelength away from each main reflector element; and a plurality of absorber elements wherein each absorber element of the plurality of absorber elements is located between an adjacent pair of primary antenna elements.