Patent ID: 7512096

Claim:
A method for communicating data over a network between an access point having a first and a second antenna and a first and a second mobile station, the method comprising: weighting a first data at said access point to transmit said first data using said first and second antennas so that said first mobile station only receives said first data; and weighting a second data at said access point to transmit said second data using said first and second antennas so that said second mobile station only receives said second data; increasing a first data rate of transmission of said first data and a second data rate of transmission of said second data using a single carrier frequency in a radio frequency communication based on a transmission protocol; discriminating transmissions of said first and said second data on a downlink in said radio frequency communication based on a spatial dimension; applying a space division multiple access based on said transmission protocol to said transmissions to transmit said first and said second data substantially concurrently from said access point to said first and second mobile stations, respectively; defining at least one of said access point, said first and second mobile stations, and said downlink at least in part by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard to establish said network including a wireless local area network; coupling said access point to said first and second mobile stations through said wireless local area network; estimating a first radio channel from said access point to said first mobile station over a pilot interval; and estimating a second radio channel from said access point to said second mobile station over said pilot interval.