Patent ID: 8886237

Claim:
A smart antenna system for communicating wireless signals between a mobile device and a plurality of fixed base stations using different channels and different beams, said smart antenna system comprising a control subsystem, a radio transceiver and an antenna subsystem, said antenna subsystem providing a plurality of beams, each beam having a main lobe, one or more nulls, and one or more lateral and back lobes with at least some attenuation, so as to reduce interference; said control subsystem, radio transceiver and antenna subsystem coupled to each other to perform scanning of different combinations of base stations, channels and beams using one or more test links established with one or more of said fixed base stations, said one or more test links using at least some of the different channels and the different beams, select a first combination of base station, channel and beam based on the scanning, and establish a first operating link for transmitting a wireless signal to the selected base station using the selected channel and beam.