发明名称 |
Antenna steering for an access point based upon control frames |
摘要 |
A method for operating an access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The access point includes a directional antenna for communicating with at least one remote station in a forward link based upon an exchange of packet data comprising a plurality of control frames and a data frame. The directional antenna includes a plurality of antenna patterns. The method includes receiving a first control frame via a first antenna pattern of the directional antenna from the remote station, transmitting a first data frame to the remote station, and receiving a second control frame via a second antenna pattern of the directional antenna from the remote station. A signal quality of the first control frame received via the first antenna pattern and a signal quality of the second control frame received via the second antenna pattern are measured. The respective measured signal qualities associated with the first and second antenna patterns are compared.
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申请公布号 |
US7609648(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.10.27 |
申请号 |
US20040870718 |
申请日期 |
2004.06.17 |
申请人 |
IPR LICENSING, INC. |
发明人 |
HOFFMANN JOHN E.;JOHNSON KEVIN P.;NELSON, JR. GEORGE RODNEY;REGNIER JOHN A. |
分类号 |
H04B7/216;H04B7/04;H04B7/06;H04W88/08 |
主分类号 |
H04B7/216 |
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