Patent ID: 8300590

Claim:
An intelligent backhaul system comprising: a plurality of intelligent backhaul radios, wherein a first intelligent backhaul radio of said plurality of intelligent backhaul radios comprises: a plurality of receive RF chains; one or more transmit RF chains; an antenna array comprising a plurality of directive gain antenna elements, wherein each directive gain antenna element is couplable to at least one receive RF chain or transmit RF chain; a radio resource controller, wherein the radio resource controller sets or causes to be set a certain RF carrier frequency or channel bandwidth for at least one receive RF chain or transmit RF chain; an intelligent backhaul management system agent coupled to the radio resource controller, wherein said intelligent backhaul management system agent sets or causes to be set certain operational parameters, wherein at least one of said certain operational parameters relates to said certain RF carrier frequency or channel bandwidth for at least one receive RF chain or transmit RF chain, and wherein said intelligent backhaul management system agent is in communication with a server configured to manage or control the first intelligent backhaul radio, and wherein said communication provides for a determination of the certain operational parameters based upon service level agreement requirements stored at the server.