Bandspeed, Inc.

Nestor Fesas

John Y Morton

Efstratios Skafidas

Ben William Jones

Neil Patrick Kelly

Mark William Benson

Mike Gibson

Lei Cheng

Natarajan Ekambaram

Kevin Sean Broe

James Glick

Duy Khuong Do

Richard John Rusnak

Antonio Torrini

Eric Crawford

Douglas Mammoser

William John Rinderknecht

Michael Luther

John “Jack” Morton

John Jack Morton

Douglas A Mammosser

Michael Casey Luther

Blaine Kohl

John (Jack) Morton

Ben Jones

Douglas A Mammoser

A multiple access wireless communications architecture provides selective, simultaneous communications with wireless devices located in different sections of a spatial area around a communications apparatus referred to as 'sectors'. In one embodiment, channel allocation techniques for increasing one or more of throughput and coverage in a wireless communications environment. In one embodiment, a mode of operation is selected from a plurality of modes of operation, enabling a wireless communications transmitter to be dynamically configured to reach a wireless communications devices at a greater distance from the transmitter without increased interference between communications channels ('range mode') or to provide wireless communications to a greater number of wireless communications devices within a relatively closer distance to the wireless transmitter (&#x201c;capacity mode&#x201d;) or to provide wireless communications using a single channel to provide wireless communications at a relatively greatest distance from the transmitter (&#x201c;super range mode&#x201d;).

Method and apparatus for coverage and throughput enhancement in a wireless communication system

A multiple access wireless communications architecture provides selective, simultaneous communications with wireless devices located in different sections of a spatial area around a communications apparatus referred to as 'sectors'. This includes communications between wireless devices in a single sector, between wireless devices in different sectors and between wireless devices and a wired network or wireless backhaul network. The wireless communications architecture generally includes two or more wireless antenna arrangements that are each configured to provide communications with wireless devices located in a particular sector. Each wireless antenna arrangement is further configured to determine whether signals are being communicated on a communications channel before transmitting on the communications channel. This may be implemented, for example, using a carrier sense or energy detection mechanism. Wireless devices within a sector may communicate on the same or different communications channels, depending upon the particular multiple access protocol employed. For example, TDMA or CSMA may be used to allow wireless devices in a sector to share communications channels. Communications channels may also be used simultaneously in different sectors by different wireless devices.

Multiple access wireless communications architecture

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