Wireless local loop antenna

A method of orienting a steerable antenna in a wireless local loop subscriber station comprising the steps of:

• a. determining an appropriate time to orient said antenna within a wireless local loop system;
• b. illuminating said steerable antenna in a given orientation and measuring a transception-quality of a wireless link in said given orientation;
• c. repeating said illuminating step until a desired number of orientations have been illuminated;
• and,
• d. orienting said antenna towards the one said orientation that has a desired transception-quality for a subscriber service transmitted over said link.

A subscriber station for a wireless local loop system that carries at least one subscriber service between a network and a subscriber terminal, said system including at least one base station interconnecting said network and a wireless link, said base station operable to transceive said service over said link, said subscriber station comprising:

• a microprocessor-assembly interconnecting said subscriber terminal and a modem within said wireless local loop system, said microprocessor-assembly for processing said subscriber service, said modem for modulating and demodulating said service;
• a radio connected to said modem and for converting said service for transception over said wireless link;
• and
• a steerable antenna connected to said radio and operable to be oriented in a direction that achieves a desired transception-quality of said service over said link by determining an appropriate time to orient said antenna, illuminating said steerable antenna in a given orientation and measuring the transception-quality of a wireless link in said given orientation, repeating said illuminating step until a desired number of orientations have been illuminated, and orienting said antenna towards the one said orientation that has the desired transception-quality for a subscriber service transmitted over said link.

An antenna for a wireless local loop subscriber station comprising:

• a connecting means for attaching said antenna to a radio of said subscriber station;
• at least one driven element for transceiving a subscriber service over a wireless link in communication with a base station in a wireless local loop system;
• and,
• a steering means for orienting said driven element in a direction that achieves a desired transception-quality of said service over said link by determining an appropriate time to orient said antenna, illuminating said steerable antenna in a given orientation and measuring the transception-quality of a wireless link in said given orientation, repeating said illuminating step until a desired number of orientations have been illuminated, and orienting said antenna towards the one said orientation that has the desired transception-quality for a subscriber service transmitted over said link.