Method and apparatus for adapting antenna visibility in a wireless communications unit
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1. A wireless communications unit (WCU) arranged and constructed to operate in a fixed wireless network comprising in combination:
- a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals within the fixed wireless network;
an antenna system for inter-coupling said signals to said transceiver, said antenna system having adjustable visibility to the fixed wireless network; and
a controller, coupled to said transceiver and said antenna system, to control said transceiver and to adjust said visibility of said antenna system such that the visibility of the WCU to the fixed wireless network is adjustable.
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Abstract
A method within and wireless communications unit (WCU) arranged to operate in a fixed wireless network including a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals within the network; an antenna system having adjustable visibility to the fixed wireless network; and a controller, coupled to the transceiver and the antenna system, to control the transceiver and to adjust the visibility of the antenna system such that the visibility of the WCU to the fixed wireless network is adjustable.
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1. A wireless communications unit (WCU) arranged and constructed to operate in a fixed wireless network comprising in combination:
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a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals within the fixed wireless network;
an antenna system for inter-coupling said signals to said transceiver, said antenna system having adjustable visibility to the fixed wireless network; and
a controller, coupled to said transceiver and said antenna system, to control said transceiver and to adjust said visibility of said antenna system such that the visibility of the WCU to the fixed wireless network is adjustable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a wireless communications unit (WCU) a method of adapting visibility of the WCU to a fixed wireless network, the method including the steps of:
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providing an antenna system having adjustable visibility to the fixed wireless network;
transmitting and receiving signals to and from the fixed wireless network using said antenna system; and
adjusting said visibility of said antenna system such that the visibility of the WCU to the fixed wireless network is adjusted. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless communications unit (WCU) having adaptive visibility to a fixed wireless network that includes a plurality of wireless communications units (WCUs) comprising in combination:
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a transceiver to transmit and receive signals; and
an antenna system having adjustable visibility to the fixed wireless network, said transceiver and said antenna system inter-coupled and cooperatively controlled to transmit and receive said signals to and from other WCUs in the fixed wireless network, said visibility adjusted for a first value when said transceiver is operating in a mesh network mode as a subscriber in a cluster of WCUs and a second value when said transceiver is operating in a point to multipoint mode, said second value representing higher visibility than said first value. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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