Patent ID: 8009646

Claim:
A first wireless cell for communicating with a provided wireless device, the first wireless cell comprising: a plurality of directional antennas; at least two radios; wherein: at least two antennas couple to each radio respectively; the plurality of antennas are collocated such that a physical sector of each antenna of the plurality extends outwardly from the first wireless cell; the antennas that couple to any one radio are positioned such that a center of an angle of coverage of the physical sector of each antenna is oriented in a unique direction with respect to the first wireless cell; the at least two radios communicate with the wireless device using one antenna of each radio respectively whereby the one antenna of the at least two radios respectively operate as a MIMO antenna; and the physical sector of the one antenna used by any one radio to communicate with the wireless device at least partially overlaps the physical sector of the one antenna used by the other radios respectively to communicate with the wireless device.