Multibeam antenna for a wireless network
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1. An antenna apparatus comprising a plurality of directional antenna elements, wherein each element of the plurality of elements is oriented in a different direction relative to an axis, and each element is identified by an identifier.
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An apparatus, system and method for transmitting packets over a wireless network, wherein the packet identifies an antenna and/or antenna element among a plurality of antenna and/or antenna elements for transmitting the packet. The plurality of antenna elements is a multibeam antenna with a substantially conical or cylindrical construction.
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- 1. An antenna apparatus comprising a plurality of directional antenna elements, wherein each element of the plurality of elements is oriented in a different direction relative to an axis, and each element is identified by an identifier.
- 9. A system comprising a first node and a second node in a wireless network, wherein a packet is used for communicating between the first and second node, and the packet includes a dedicated routing field that includes an identifier that identifies a specified antenna among a plurality of antennas which are included in a node among the group consisting of the first node and the second node, and the specified antenna is used in the communication of the packet.
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17. A method of communicating over a wireless network with a packet comprising the steps of:
- inspecting a packet to determine an identifier that is included in a routing field in the packet; and
transmitting the packet using an antenna among a plurality of antennas that is identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- inspecting a packet to determine an identifier that is included in a routing field in the packet; and
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23. A method of communicating choosing a particular antenna among a plurality of antennas to communicate a with a particular node in a wireless network that comprises the steps of:
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attempting at least once to create a communication link with the particular node using one antenna among a plurality of antennas;
measuring traffic performance of the communication link when a link is formed;
repeating said steps of attempting and measuring for each antenna among the plurality of antennas; and
choosing an antenna from among the plurality based on traffic performance for the particular node. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of a customer premises equipment finding a node to communicate with, comprising the steps of:
- listening for packets that include the network address of the customer premises equipment in the packet; and
responding to said packet. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- listening for packets that include the network address of the customer premises equipment in the packet; and
- 37. A system comprising a first node and a second node in a wireless network, wherein a packet is used for communicating between the first and second node, and the packet includes a dedicated routing field that includes an identifier that identifies a specified element of a multibeam antenna which is included in a node among the group consisting of the first node and the second node, and the specified element is used in the communication of the packet.
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44. A method of communicating over a wireless network with a packet comprising the steps of:
- inspecting a packet to determine an identifier that is included in a routing field in the packet; and
transmitting the packet using an element among a plurality of element in a multibeam antenna that is identified by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
- inspecting a packet to determine an identifier that is included in a routing field in the packet; and
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47. A method of communicating choosing a particular element among a plurality of elements in a multibeam antenna to communicate with a particular node in a wireless network that comprises the steps of:
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attempting at least once to create a communication link with the particular node using one element among a plurality of elements in a multibeam antenna;
measuring traffic performance of the communication link when a link is formed;
repeating said steps of attempting and measuring for each element among the plurality of elements; and
choosing an element from among the plurality based on traffic performance for the particular node. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A system comprising a first node and a second node in a wireless network;
- wherein a packet is used for communicating between the first and second node, and the packet includes a dedicated routing field that includes an antenna identifier and an element identifier, wherein the antenna identifier identifies a specified antenna among a plurality of antennas which are included in a node among the group consisting of the first node and the second node, and the specified antenna is a multibeam antenna including a plurality elements and the element identifier identifies a specific element among the plurality of elements and the specified element of the specified antenna is used in the communication of the packet.
- View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method of communicating over a wireless network with a packet comprising the steps of:
- inspecting a packet to determine an antenna identifier and a element identifier that is included in a routing field in the packet; and
transmitting the packet using a specific element of a specific antenna among a plurality of antennas wherein the specific antenna is identified by the antenna identifier and the specific element is identified by the element identifier. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65)
- inspecting a packet to determine an antenna identifier and a element identifier that is included in a routing field in the packet; and
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66. A method of communicating choosing a particular antenna among a plurality of antennas wherein each antenna includes a plurality of elements to communicate with a particular node in a wireless network that comprises the steps of:
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attempting at least once to create a communication link with the particular node using one element among the plurality of elements included in an antenna among the plurality of antennas;
measuring traffic performance of the communication link when a link is formed;
repeating said steps of attempting and measuring for each element among the plurality of elements and the plurality of antennas; and
choosing an element from among the plurality of elements and antennas based on traffic performance for the particular node. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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