Antenna steering and hidden node recognition for an access point

The method for operating an access point (A) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The access point (A) comprises a directional antenna (200a) to a plurality of remote stations 120 in communication with, the directional antenna (200a) includes a plurality of antenna patterns. The method includes the access point (A) and each generating an antenna database by associating the respective measured signal quality corresponding to the plurality of antenna patterns between a remote station 120. The respective measured signal qualities are determined by the access point (A) on the basis of each communication with a remote station 120. The method also includes selecting each of the preferred step of determining an antenna pattern, and the remote station 120 and communications to the corresponding preferred antenna pattern to be used based upon the antenna database to a remote station 120. Prior to communicating and the selected remote station 120 and the antenna on the basis of the database, it is determined if any non-selected remote station 120 does not know whether there is a possibility when such communications actually occurs.An access point, a remote station, an antenna pattern, the antenna database