Wireless access point service coverage area management

摘要

A wireless station within a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) includes a processor, a radio and a directional antenna. The radio gathers participatory data based on communications involving the wireless station and non-participatory data based on communications the wireless station listens to, but does not participate in. The processor produces an operational report based on the participatory data and the non-participatory data and provides the operational report to the WLAN. The processor further alters a gain vector of the directional antenna based on instructions received from the WLAN in response to the operational report.

主权项

1. A wireless station within a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), the wireless station comprising:
a directional antenna; a radio communicatively coupled to the directional antenna and operable to support communications with a plurality of wireless terminals, to gather participatory data based on the communications and to gather non-participatory data based on other communications that the wireless station listens to, but does not participate in; and a processor for producing an operational report based upon the participatory data and the non-participatory data, providing the operational report to the WLAN via the radio, receiving instructions from the WLAN in response to the operational report via the radio and altering a gain vector of the directional antenna using the instructions.