Patent ID: 8126486

Claim:
A method of providing signal coverage in a first wireless network, the method comprising: (a) establishing cooperative communications between a first wireless access unit and a second wireless access unit in the first wireless network to initialize a first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor and a second wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor; (b) modifying the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor to provide an optimal signal coverage in response to an interaction with a communications device, wherein modifying the first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor occurs if the first wireless access unit provides the communications device with a signal stronger than the second wireless access unit; (c) transmitting the modified first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor to the second wireless access unit; and (d) modifying the second wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor based on the modified first wireless access unit antenna array weighting factor to provide the communications device with a cognizable signal and to reduce signal overlap with the first wireless access unit.