Patent ID: 8547948
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for maintaining quality of service of a wireless network, said instructions being executable by an associated processor to perform a method comprising: determining at one of a physical layer of an antenna controller and a link layer of an antenna controller of a first device in the wireless network that the first device will lose an adequate connection with a second device in the wireless network; communicating a direction and range associated with the second device from the link layer to the physical layer; configuring, at the physical layer, a directional antenna to extending a range of the antenna in the direction associated with the second device; and determining, at a network layer of the antenna controller, if the connection with the second device is necessary to preserve a connection to the wireless network, and instruct said physical and link layers to drop the connection to the second device if the connection is not necessary.