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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Cambium Networks Ltd, Devon, GB;
CAMBIUM NETWORKS LTD, Devon, GB;
Abstract
An access point () for use in a point to multipoint wireless network comprises a sector antenna () and an antenna array of antenna elements (), the antenna elements not including the sector antenna, and the antenna elements being arranged to receive signals from the same sector as the sector antenna. A first beamformer () is configurable to form a first beam () from signals received at the antenna array and a selector switch () is switchable to at least a first state in which signals received at the sector antenna () are connected to a first receiver (), and a second state in which signals received from the first beamformer () are connected to the first receiver (). A scheduler is configured to set the selector switch () to the first state for at least a first receive timeslot and to the second state for at least a second receive timeslot.