Patent ID: 8818458

Claim:
A wireless cable network comprising: a cable access point configured to transmit and receive data over a cable network; a plurality of transceivers communicatively coupled to each other in a wireless mesh network configuration, wherein the plurality of transceivers are configured to provide access to the cable network through the cable access point for a transfer of information to and from one or more associated end user devices, wherein the cable access point is equipped with an electronically steerable phased array antenna transmitting a plurality of beams, the electronically steerable phased array antenna configured to direct at least one of the plurality of beams to a predetermined transceiver in the wireless mesh network configuration; and a controller, of the electronically steerable phased array antenna, configured to: determine whether a communication link between the cable access point and the predetermined transceiver in the wireless mesh network configuration is unavailable, and steer at least one beam of the plurality of beams associated with the unavailable communication link to another transceiver of the plurality of transceivers in the wireless mesh network configuration when the controller determines that the communication link between the cable access point and the predetermined transceiver is unavailable.