Patent ID: 8310947
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for adaptively assigning a communications device to a wireless access point in a wireless network, comprising: a default wireless access unit having a default wireless access unit processor, the default wireless access unit being configured to provide the communications device with access to the wireless network and to evaluate network activity of the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies a pre-determined condition; and an adaptive wireless access unit having an adaptive wireless access unit processor configured to control one or more adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors, the adaptive wireless access unit being configured to provide the communications device with access to the wireless network in response to the pre-determined condition being satisfied, wherein the adaptive wireless access unit is further configured to evaluate a signal strength associated with communications between the adaptive wireless access unit and the communications device, and modify one or more of the adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors corresponding to antenna elements included in an adaptive antenna array associated with the adaptive wireless access unit until the communications device receives a signal exceeding a threshold signal strength from the adaptive wireless access unit, and the adaptive wireless access unit processor is further configured to determine if the network activity of the communications device satisfies an end condition, and modify one or more of the adaptive wireless access unit weighting factors to disable wireless access between the communications device and the adaptive wireless access unit when the end condition is satisfied.