Patent ID: 6498939
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
An antenna network system comprising:a transmitter and a first steerable antenna; a receiver and a second steerable antenna, said transmitter and said receiver comprising a primary wireless channel wherein an optimal transmission path between said transmitter and said receiver is one of a straight line path and a reflected path; a control path coupled to said transmitter and said receiver and independent of said primary channel, for communicating control data between said transmitter and said receiver; and control means responsive to quality measurement data for said primary channel and communicated via said control path, said measurement data including measured quality data for a signal transmitted from said transmitter and received by said receiver for each of a plurality of antenna directions for each of said first and second steerable antennas, said control means steering each of said steerable antennas in one of said antenna directions having best measured quality.