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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Jeffrey L. Thermond, Saratoga, CA (US);
Richard G. Martin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffrey Abramowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen Ray Palm, Irvine, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Thermond, Saratoga, CA (US);
Richard G. Martin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffrey Abramowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen Ray Palm, Irvine, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A Wireless Access Point (WAP) of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) infrastructure includes a processor, a radio and a directional antenna. The radio supports communications with a plurality of wireless terminals to gather participatory data, and listens to, but does not participate in transmissions of at least some of the plurality of wireless terminals to collect non-participatory WAP data. Based upon the participatory WAP data and non-participatory WAP data, the processor creates WAP operational reports and provides the WAP operational reports to the WLAN. The WLAN creates directions based thereon and directs the WAP to alter the gain pattern of the directional antenna.