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System and related methods for clustering multi-point communication targets

  • US 7,299,073 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2005
  • Issued: 11/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for communicating from a communication station of a wireless system to multiple communication targets of the wireless system, comprising:

  • initializing multiple weight sets to apply to a signal to be exchanged between an antenna array of the communication station and the communication targets;

    measuring a performance characteristic of multiple communication targets for each weight set, the performance characteristic indicating a quality of the signal at each communication target for each weight set;

    determining which weight set provides a highest quality performance characteristic for each communication target; and

    selectively building one or more clusters to share a common wireless communication channel based at least in part on similarities of the performance characteristics for each communication target, each cluster having one or more communication targets.

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