Patent ID: 6933887

Claim:
A method for setting optimal weight control component arrangements for a plurality of antenna elements of a transceiver, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a predetermined signal from each of the plurality of antenna elements; (b) combining the received predetermined signal detected from each of the plurality of antenna elements to produce a combined received predetermined signal; (c) determining a signal quality metric for the combined received predetermined signal; (d) jointly adjusting the weight control components associated with at least two of the plurality of antenna elements in the station in response to the signal quality metric of the received predetermined signal; (e) repeating the step (d) until an optimum signal quality metric is achieved; (f) independently adjusting the weight control components in response to the signal quality metric of the received predetermined signal; and (g) repeating the step (e) until the determined signal quality metric of the combined received predetermined signal reaches an optimum value.