Beamforming and distributed opportunistic scheduling in...

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2005-04-05

2010-06-01

Taylor, Barry W (Department: 2617)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...

C370S328000

Reexamination Certificate

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07729325

ABSTRACT:
A system and method that addresses the issue of inducing and exploiting multi-user diversity in, e.g., a WLAN system in a fully distributed and opportunistic manner. In some embodiments, the system includes: an access point having a variable beamformer configured to fluctuate signal strength as perceived by stations within a range of the access point; and a plurality of stations having modified distributed-MAC protocol such as to be channel-aware and opportunistic.

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