Enhanced multipath environments for MIMO wireless networks

A wireless communication device to improve multipath environments for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless networks, the device comprising:

• a wireless communication transceiver configured to receive MIMO performance information for a plurality of locations of a premises;
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• a processing system configured to process the MIMO performance information to determine individual ranks associated with each of the locations, wherein higher ones of the ranks indicate better MIMO performance, compare each of the individual ranks to a threshold to determine a group of suboptimal locations of the plurality of locations that have ranks falling below the threshold, and process the suboptimal locations with an in-building geometry of the premises to identify at least one location to install a scattering agent.

A computer apparatus to improve multipath environments for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless networks, the apparatus comprising:

• software instructions configured, when executed by a wireless communication device, to direct the wireless communication device to receive MIMO performance information for a plurality of locations of a premises, process the MIMO performance information to determine individual ranks associated with each of the locations, wherein higher ones of the ranks indicate better MIMO performance, compare each of the individual ranks to a threshold to determine a group of suboptimal locations of the plurality of locations that have ranks falling below the threshold, and process the suboptimal locations with an in-building geometry of the premises to identify at least one location to install a scattering agent;
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• at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing the software instructions.