Patent ID: 8055191

Claim:
A method of forming a co-linear relationship between wireless devices in a wireless communication environment, comprising: a first wireless device in the environment receiving a control band communication containing a second compass orientation of a second wireless device co-located in the defined environment; determining whether the second compass orientation of the second wireless device is sufficiently co-linear with a first compass orientation of the first wireless device to support wireless transmission of data between the first and second wireless devices; if the second compass orientation of the second wireless device is not sufficiently co-linear with the first compass orientation of the first wireless device, performing a remedial action in support of achieving a sufficiently co-linear relationship for at least one of the first and second wireless devices in a co-linear pairing that permits wireless transmission of data in the co-linear pairing in a data band; wherein the first wireless device receiving the second compass orientation of the second wireless device does not affect in-band operation of the first wireless device in the data band.