Patent ID: 7526321

Claim:
A wireless network apparatus, comprising: an antenna array, comprising a plurality of antenna elements each having an output antenna port; a beamforming network having a plurality of inputs coupled to the output antenna ports and having a plurality of output beam ports; a multiplex switch network having a plurality of inputs coupled to the output beam ports of the beamforming network and having a plurality of output radio ports; a plurality of radios, for modulating/demodulating signals, each of the radios being selectively coupled to the output radio ports of the multiplex switch network based on a predetermined selection; and a control circuit, for controlling the multiplex switch network to establish electrical communication between the antenna elements and the radios based on the predetermined selection of one of a plurality of modes including a first mode of Point-to-Point (PtP) linkage, a second mode of MultiPoint-to-Point (MPtP) linkage, a third mode of Point-to-MultiPoint (PtMP) linkage, and a fourth mode of MultiPoint-To-MultiPoint (MPtMP) linkage.