Patent ID: 7043274

Claim:
A communication system for transmitting and receiving communications between at least one primary station and at least one secondary station, the system transmits a plurality of common channels covering a sectorized cell using at least one beam comprising: means for generating and shaping a beam; an antenna for transmitting and receiving signals within said beam; means for sweeping said shaped beam, wherein said sweeping means selectively directs the shaped beam at a plurality of directions in a predetermined non-consecutive sequence to selectively direct the beam toward at least one of the plurality of directions more frequently than the other plurality of directions while incorporating a beam identification for each direction; means for said secondary station to acknowledge said beam by transmitting the beam identification to said primary station; and means for said primary station to determine the location of the secondary station from the received beam identification; and said primary station utilizing a dedicated channel beam based on said secondary station's location to communicate with said secondary station.