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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2012
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 station within a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) includes a processor, a radio and a directional antenna. The radio gathers participatory data based on communications involving the wireless station and non-participatory data based on communications the wireless station listens to, but does not participate in. The processor produces an operational report based on the participatory data and the non-participatory data and provides the operational report to the WLAN. The processor further alters a gain vector of the directional antenna based on instructions received from the WLAN in response to the operational report.