Patent ID: 8483636

Claim:
A receiver comprising: an antenna array that generates a plurality of received signals from at least a first remote transmitter and a second remote transmitter, the antenna array having a beam pattern that is controllable based on at least one control signal; a plurality of receiver sections, coupled to the antenna array, that process the plurality of received signals to generate a plurality of down-converted signals; a receiver processing module, coupled to the plurality of receiver sections, that: generates the at least one control signal to control the beam pattern to a first pattern for reception from the first remote transmitter and that generates a first reception estimate based on the plurality of down-converted signals during a first time period; generates the at least one control signal to control the beam pattern to a second pattern for reception from the second remote transmitter and that generates a second reception estimate based on the plurality of down-converted signals during a second time period; and generating inbound data based on the first reception estimate and the second reception estimate.