Patent ID: 8023915

Claim:
A method for communicating beams in a wireless network, wherein the network includes a mobile transceiver and a stationary receiver, and wherein the network operates according to the IEEE 802.11p in wireless access to vehicular environments (WAVE), comprising the steps of: predicting a direction from the mobile transceiver to the stationary receiver using geographic information available to the mobile transceiver; receiving a set of signals in the mobile transceiver from the stationary transceiver, wherein the signals are received by an array of antennas, and wherein the signals are received using a set of beams, and wherein each beam is approximately directed at the stationary receiver; measuring a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each beam; and selecting the beam with an optimal SNR as an optimal beam for communicating data between the mobile transceiver and the stationary transceiver.