Access point and method for wireless multiple access

An access point, comprising:

• four antennas receiving a first signal from each of a plurality of wireless devices, the first signal including a first identifier of a corresponding wireless device;
• four transceivers coupled to the antennas;
• and
• a processor coupled to the transceivers,
• wherein the processor generates a first communication matrix including the first identifier from each of a set of four of the wireless devices, and
• wherein the processor utilizes the first communication matrix to resolve four further signals received from the wireless devices within a single time slot over a radio channel.

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, by an access point, a predetermined number of first signals using a first wireless communication mode (“FCM”), the predetermined number of the first signals corresponding to a number of transmitting antennas of the access point, the FCM providing a time slot for each of the first signals to be transmitted, each of the first signals being utilized to generate a first communication matrix by a corresponding wireless device;
• receiving, from each of a plurality of wireless devices, a second signal using the FCM;
• generating, by the access point, a second communication matrix as a function of the second signals corresponding to a number of selected wireless devices, the number being no greater than the predetermined number;
• and
• initiating wireless communications with at least one of the selected wireless devices using a second wireless communication mode (“SCM”), the SCM employing the second communication matrix to allow multiple wireless communications between the access point and the selected wireless devices during a single time slot over a radio channel.