CPC H04W 40/12 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04L 1/0061 (2013.01); H04L 1/18 (2013.01); H04L 5/0005 (2013.01); H04L 5/0041 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 47/34 (2013.01); H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/0473 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A communication system, comprising:
a plurality of distributed antenna circuits, including at least a first antenna circuit and a second antenna circuit; and
an access point (AP) coupled to the plurality of distributed antenna circuits, the AP including:
a plurality of transmit chains;
a plurality of receive chains; and
an antenna control circuit communicatively coupled to the plurality of transmit chains and the plurality of receive chains,
wherein:
the first antenna circuit is co-located with the AP and the second antenna circuit is remote from the AP; and
the antenna control circuit is configured to determine a subset of the plurality of distributed antenna circuits to communicatively couple to at least some of the plurality of transmit chains to transmit data to a wireless station (STA) that is in range of the subset of the plurality of distributed antenna circuits.
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