Patent ID: 7308270

Claim:
A method performed by a wireless cell for reducing interference, wherein the wireless cell simultaneously communicates with a first wireless client and a second wireless client, the method comprising: detecting a signal quality through each one of a plurality of antennas for each one of a plurality of channels; selecting, in accordance with detecting, a first antenna and a second antenna of the plurality of antennas for communicating with the first client and the second client respectively; assigning, in accordance with detecting, a first channel and a second channel of the plurality of channels to the first antenna and the second antenna respectively; and communicating simultaneously with the first client and the second client using the first antenna and the second antenna respectively; wherein: the wireless cell comprises the plurality of antennas and the plurality of channels; the first antenna comprises a first physical sector having an angle of coverage less than about 270 degrees; the second antenna comprises a second physical sector having an angle of coverage less than about 270 degrees; the first physical sector overlaps at least 30 percent of the second physical sector thereby forming a virtual sector; the first channel and the second channel comprise different channels; a first client and a second client are positioned inside the virtual sector; the first antenna provides a first signal quality; the second antenna provides a second signal quality; and the first signal quality and second signal quality are respectively greater than a threshold.