METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING SERVICE EFFICACY IN AN AD-HOC MESH NETWORK

摘要

A method of and wireless communications unit (WCU) for providing service in a mesh network (200) includes a receiver for receiving a first signal from a first WCU (201) in the mesh network; a directional antenna (427) system for coupling the signal to the receiver, the signal arriving from a first selected one of a first plurality of directions; a controller (413) to control the directional antenna system such that the signal is coupled to the receiver according to a local predetermined pattern of the first plurality of directions; and a transmitter to send a second signal in a second selected one of the first plurality of directions, where the controller interrupts the local predetermined pattern and selects the second direction.