Directive beam selectivity for high speed wireless communication networks

摘要

The present invention provides a wireless communication system which employs Butler matrix combiners and circuit switching at transmitter and receiver antenna arrays to provide directive beamwidth capabilities. Such narrow beamwidths permit the communication system to determine and select the transmission path having an optimum signal quality. The antenna arrays are integrated in a multilayer construction which reduces power consumption, increases the coverage range, improves the efficiency of the antenna array, and which has lower fabrication costs.