Patent ID: 7359362

Claim:
A method for conducting wireless radio frequency (RF) communications with a wireless device using a multi-sector antenna that is coupled to the wireless device and is able to transmit and receive an RF signal in a desired direction, with a relatively high gain, wherein the desired direction is selectable from a plurality of different directions in which the antenna can transmit and receive an RF signal, comprising the steps of: (a) associating the wireless device in a communication link with another wireless device; (b) determining a signal quality for RF communications with the other wireless device using the antenna, for each of at least some of the plurality of different directions; and (c) based upon signal qualities determined, selecting an initial desired direction for the antenna to be used for communicating with the other wireless device, the initial desired direction being selected by evaluating the signal qualities that were determined to select a direction in which a value of the signal quality was optimum.