Patent ID: 8548466

Claim:
A smart antenna system for communicating wireless signals between a mobile device and a plurality of fixed base stations using one or more channels and one or more beams, said smart antenna system comprising a control subsystem, a radio transceiver and an antenna subsystem coupled to each other to perform scanning of one or more 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 channels and the beams; select a first combination of base station, channel and beam based on data obtained during scanning; establish a first operating link for transmitting a wireless signal to the currently selected base station using the currently selected channel and beam; and after establishing said first operating link, perform continued scanning using one or more test links established with the currently selected base station and channel, and one or more beams different from the currently selected beam, said one or more beams adjacent to the currently selected beam; and said continued scanning being performed either periodically or aperiodically.