Patent ID: 8107569

Claim:
A wireless communications system comprising: a media center adapted to store a plurality of data; at least a first wireless access point and a second wireless access point connected to the media center and adapted to send the plurality of data, wherein the first and second wireless access points operate at substantially the same frequency; and a user terminal comprising: an antenna array comprising at least two antenna elements adapted to receive the plurality of data; a radio-frequency front end adapted to receive signals from the at least two antenna elements; a beam-forming unit connected to the radio-frequency front end and adapted to synthesize at least a first beam having a first beam width directed at the first wireless access point and a second beam directed at the second wireless access point, wherein the first wireless access point and second wireless access point are spatially separated by an angular distance greater than the first beam width; a demodulator unit adapted to demodulate the first beam to extract a first data stream and the second beam to extract a second data stream; and a channel bonding unit adapted to combine the first data stream and the second data stream to recover the plurality of data.