TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION PARAMETER CONTROL
First Claim
1. A system for transmission parameter control in a wireless network, the system comprising:
- a processor that executes a program stored in a memory, the at least one program comprising instructions for executing a transmission schedule, wherein the transmission schedule comprising a plurality of sets of transmission parameter controls associated with a plurality of destination stations;
an antenna apparatus including a plurality of antenna elements adjustable into a plurality of antenna configurations, each antenna configuration corresponding to a radiation pattern;
a communication device that implements at least one of a plurality of link quality metrics as specified by a set of transmission parameter controls of the plurality of sets of transmission parameter controls; and
an antenna element selector device that selects at least one of the antenna elements to implement the at least one of the plurality of antenna configurations as specified by the set of transmission parameter controls for transmitting one or more data packets, wherein the antenna element selector device includes a prediction algorithm that is used to select a particular antenna element based on a prediction of which particular destination station of the plurality of destination stations is likely to commence a transmission and select said particular antenna element to optimize the link quality metric for said particular destination station.
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing transmission parameter control at a transmitting station is described. The exemplary system and method comprises querying a transmission parameter control module for a transmission schedule. The transmission schedule comprises at least one schedule entry defining a set of transmission parameter controls as they pertain to a destination address. At least one packet of data is then transmitted to the destination address according to the transmission parameters controls of at least one schedule entry from the transmission schedule. A system and method for selecting an antenna configuration corresponding to a next transmission of packet data is also disclosed.
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1. A system for transmission parameter control in a wireless network, the system comprising:
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a processor that executes a program stored in a memory, the at least one program comprising instructions for executing a transmission schedule, wherein the transmission schedule comprising a plurality of sets of transmission parameter controls associated with a plurality of destination stations; an antenna apparatus including a plurality of antenna elements adjustable into a plurality of antenna configurations, each antenna configuration corresponding to a radiation pattern; a communication device that implements at least one of a plurality of link quality metrics as specified by a set of transmission parameter controls of the plurality of sets of transmission parameter controls; and an antenna element selector device that selects at least one of the antenna elements to implement the at least one of the plurality of antenna configurations as specified by the set of transmission parameter controls for transmitting one or more data packets, wherein the antenna element selector device includes a prediction algorithm that is used to select a particular antenna element based on a prediction of which particular destination station of the plurality of destination stations is likely to commence a transmission and select said particular antenna element to optimize the link quality metric for said particular destination station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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