Patent ID: 8432817

Claim:
A method of transmitting data in a point to multipoint wireless network including a base station with two or more antennas and one or more customer premises equipment (CPE), each with two or more antennas, the method comprising: maintaining a set of parameters for wireless communication between the base station and each CPE; establishing wireless communication between the base station and the one or more CPEs using the respective set of parameters; and independently adapting the set of parameters for use with each CPE based on changing conditions in the wireless communication between the base station and the respective CPE; wherein adapting the set of parameters includes selecting an antenna selection parameter to indicate how the base station transmits a communication signal from the two or more antennas of the base station to the two or more antennas of the respective CPE and selecting a power level and modulation type pair for transmission from the base station to the CPE.