Patent ID: 8345651

Claim:
A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system for communicating with a provided wireless device, the MIMO system comprising: at least four directional antennas; and a quantity of radios comprising at least three radios, each radio transmits and receives signals using a same channel; wherein: each antenna is physically oriented in a fixed position such that a physical sector of each antenna partially overlaps a physical sector of a quantity of other antennas equal to at least the quantity of radios minus one thereby forming respective areas of overlap; a center of each area of overlap is oriented in a unique direction with respect to the MIMO system; each radio selectively couples to one respective antenna, each antenna coupled to a radio transmits and receives using a same channel as the radio to which the antenna is coupled; the physical sectors of the antennas coupled to the radios overlap; the quantity of radios communicate with the wireless device using the respective antennas coupled to each radio; and the antennas coupled to the radios operate as a MIMO antenna.