Sectored antenna systems for WLAN
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1. A system, comprising:
- a mobile station; and
an access point that includes a first and second sectored antenna combined to form an omni-directional radiation pattern.
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Abstract
An access point may use two omni-directional antennas or one omni-directional antenna and multiple sectored antennas in a communications network. The mobile stations may use sectored antennas. The omni-directional antennas may include two or more sectored antennas.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a mobile station; and
an access point that includes a first and second sectored antenna combined to form an omni-directional radiation pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communications network, comprising:
an access point having at least two omni-directional antennas, where the first omni-directional antenna is formed by the combination of multiple sectored antennas. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A receiver system of an access point, comprising:
two omni-directional antennas coupled to a receiver of the access point, where at least one of the two omni-directional antennas is a combination of two complimentary placed sectored antennas. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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