Techniques for achieving high average spectrum efficiency in a wireless system

An apparatus for communicating with a wireless station, the apparatus comprising:

• a multi-transceiver radio system to be connected to an antenna array, the multi-transceiver radio system being configured to generate a plurality of beams by the antenna array, each beam of the plurality of beams intersecting a different region of a planar finite area in space, the plurality of beams being used to form a set of beam groups, each beam group of the set of beam groups being a corresponding different subset of beams of the plurality of beams;
• and
• a scheduling system to control the multi-transceiver radio system, the scheduling system being configured to:
• (1) repeatedly cycle through the set of beam groups by causing the multi-transceiver radio system to sequentially generate from the antenna array each group of beams among the set of beam groups;
• (2) identify a beam group among the set of beam groups which yields a best communication link with the wireless station;
• and (3) schedule communications with the wireless station to occur via the identified beam group when the identified beam group is being generated.