CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/0621 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A wireless access point (AP) for communications with one or more client devices (CD) including a first client device, the wireless AP comprising:
a processor;
a memory operatively coupled to the processor;
a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor; and
an adaptive array antenna coupled to the transceiver;
wherein the processor is configured to:
generate first data packets for transmission to the first client device;
transmit, using the transceiver and the adaptive array antenna, a directed AP communication beam, including the first data packets, to the first client device;
receive, using the transceiver and the adaptive array antenna, a directed CD communication beam, including second data packets, from the first client device;
obtain, from the second data packets, antenna direction information of an antenna of the first client device;
store, in the memory, the obtained antenna direction information of the antenna of the first client device; and
coordinate, using the transceiver and the adaptive array antenna, directed wireless communications with the first client device based on the obtained antenna direction information of the antenna of the first client device stored in the memory.
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