Patent ID: 8583183

Claim:
A system for selecting an antenna configuration corresponding to a next transmission of packet data, the system comprising: a processor controlling an antenna element selector device to select an antenna configuration, the selection of an antenna configuration associated with accessing a transmission schedule having transmission parameter control data for a remote receiving node; a communication device transmitting packet data to the remote receiving node via an antenna apparatus in accordance with transmission parameters set forth in the transmission schedule; an antenna apparatus adjustable into a plurality of antenna configurations, each antenna configuration corresponding to a radiation pattern; and an antenna element selector device responding to instructions received from the processor regarding selecting an antenna configuration from the transmission schedule, and a transmission parameter control module stored in memory and executable by the processor to provide a transmission schedule to the antenna element selector device, the transmission schedule including at least one schedule entry defining a set of parameter controls associated with a destination address, wherein the transmission parameter control module is further executable by the processor to select a physical data rate for packet data transmission, the physical data rate corresponding to the rate at which the communication device converts the packet data for transmission via the antenna apparatus.