Patent ID: 7194269

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: (a) a plurality of hubs, each hub comprising: a plurality of radiators each associated with an oblong microcell and for radiating a narrow beam outward from the hub within the oblong microcell, different radiators for radiating within different oblong microcells, radiators associated with adjacent oblong microcells for radiating within different frequency ranges such that adjacent oblong microcells are frequency isolated and at least two spatially isolated oblong microcells within a same half of a rosette are associated with radiators for radiating within a same frequency range at the same time and are for radiating beams having sufficiently low side lobe levels for providing spatial isolation; a plurality of modulators each for modulating a signal based on data received and for providing the modulated signal to a radiator from the plurality of radiators; a receiver for receiving a message including transmission information relating to at least one other hub of the plurality of hubs, the transmission information comprising at least one of a location, an identification address, and a radio emission characteristic of the at least one other hub of the plurality of hubs; (b) a processor for determining a system configuration, The system configuration including at least one of a frequency of an oblong microcell, an angle of an oblong microcell, effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of an oblong microcell, and timing information for communicating within an oblong microcell of at least one hub of the plurality of hubs, based on at least the transmission information and for providing a configuration signal relating to the determined system configuration wherein the system configuration is for limiting inter-hub radio interference; and, (c) a control means for controlling at least one hub of the plurality of hubs within the wireless communication system in response to the configuration signal.