Wireless access point service coverage area management
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsJeffrey L. Thermond, Richard G. Martin, Jeff Abramowitz, Stephen Palm
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Abstract
A wireless terminal serviced by a Wireless Access Point (WAP) of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) infrastructure includes a processor, an RF unit and a directional antenna. The RF unit receives instructions from the WAP that are derived from participatory data based on communications involving the WAP and non-participatory data based on communications the WAP listens to, but does not participate in. The processor alters a gain vector of the directional antenna based on the instructions received from the WAP.
Claims19
A wireless terminal serviced by a Wireless Access Point (WAP) within a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) infrastructure, the wireless terminal comprising:
- a directional antenna;
- an RF unit communicatively coupled to the directional antenna and operable to receive instructions from the WAP, the instructions being derived from participatory data based on communications involving the WAP and non-participatory data based on communications the WAP listens to, but does not participate in;
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- a processor for altering a gain vector of the directional antenna based on the instructions received from the WAP.
A method for operating a wireless terminal serviced by a Wireless Access Point (WAP) within a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) infrastructure, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an RF unit of the wireless terminal, instructions from the WAP, the instructions being derived from participatory data based on communications involving the WAP and non-participatory data based on communications the WAP listens to, but does not participate in;
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- altering, by a processor of the wireless terminal, a gain vector of a directional antenna of the wireless terminal based on the instructions received from the WAP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.