Patent ID: 8224340

Claim:
A method for finding locations of base stations and using location information of the base stations to increase frequency reuse in a wireless network, the method comprising: periodically scanning a plurality of terminals by each of the base stations on entry of the plurality of terminals into the wireless network by ways of transmitting digital signals from the base stations to the plurality of terminals; estimating respective distances from the plurality of terminals by each of the base stations using the transmitted digital signals; transmitting distance information, by at least one of the plurality of terminals, including the estimated distances to each of the base stations; storing and processing the distance information by each of the base stations; determining relative locations of the plurality of terminals with respect to the base stations using the stored and processed distance information; and electronically steering respective antennas of the base stations based on the determined relative locations of the plurality of terminals and the base stations to increase frequency reuse by a scheduler in each of at least one base station of the base stations.