Patent ID: 7047046

Claim:
A method for operating an access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the access point comprising a directional antenna for communicating with a plurality of remote stations, the directional antenna including an omni angle and a plurality of directional angles, the method comprising: selecting one of the remote stations from the plurality of remote stations; transmitting a first probe signal via the omni angle of the directional antenna to the selected remote station; measuring a first probe response signal received via the omni angle from the selected remote station responding to the first probe signal; transmitting a respective second probe signal via each one of the plurality of directional angles of the directional antenna to the selected remote station; measuring a second probe response signal received via each directional angle from the selected remote station responding to the respective second probe signal; and storing in an antenna database the measured first probe response signal and the respective measured second probe response signals from the selected remote station.