Synchronized beacon for wireless access point having multiple radios
AssigneeMediaCell Licensing Corp
InventorDonald Bishop
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Abstract
A wireless access point having multiple radio transceivers and multiple antennas is operated by sending a beacon signal from several radio transceivers simultaneously. The radio transceivers may normally operate by delay sending a transmission when another ongoing transmission is detected, which would normally prevent beacon signals from being broadcast simultaneously. By forcing the beacon signals to transmit simultaneously, the available bandwidth is utilized much more efficiently. Embodiments include wireless access points that contain multiple directional antennas as well as those that have overlapping coverage areas.
Claims24
A wireless access point comprising:
- a connection to a network;
- a plurality of antennas;
- a plurality of radio transceivers, each of said plurality of radio transceivers being adapted to establish at least one two-way data communication session, and adapted to delay sending a transmission when another ongoing transmission is detected;
- wherein each of said plurality of radio transceivers being adapted to transmit a beacon signal substantially simultaneously.
The wireless access point of claim I wherein at least one of said plurality of antennas is a directional antenna.
A method comprising:
- establishing communications between a controller and a plurality of radio transceivers comprising a wireless access point, said wireless access point being connected on a network, said radio transceivers being adapted to establish at least one two-way data communication session, and adapted to delay sending a transmission when another ongoing transmission is detected;
- sending a synchronization signal from said controller to said plurality of radio transceivers;
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- transmitting a beacon signal from each of said plurality of radio transceivers substantially simultaneously using said synchronization signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.