Patent ID: 7418274

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of client devices, each of the client devices comprising a receiver for receiving a wireless communications signal; a network server; an access point comprising a transmitter and a connector for coupling the transmitter to an antenna system, the access point coupled to the network server via a wired communications link and coupled to the client devices via a wireless communications link; an antenna system coupled to the access point; and an antenna controller coupled to the antenna system, the antenna controller operable to continually vary the radiation pattern of the antenna system, the antenna controller comprising: a signal splitter having an input coupled to a signal provided by the access point for transmission to the client and having a plurality of outputs; a plurality of gain/phase modules, each of the gain/phase modules having a signal input coupled to an output of the signal splitter and having an output; and a gain/phase controller having a plurality of outputs, each respective output coupled to a control input of one of the gain/phase modules, the gain/phase controller for adjusting the gain and/or phase imparted to the signals applied to the signal inputs of the gain/phase modules.