METHOD FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS SWITCHING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve performance of a point-to-multipoint wireless network in which terminals share the same medium.SOLUTION: A wireless LAN (WLAN) system for communications among a plurality of users (101-105) within a basic service system or cell includes a switching access point (SAP)(106) for transmitting (116) and receiving (118) point-to-multipoint communications to and from the users. A plurality of ports are available at the SAP, each of which assigned to a unique carrier frequency for isolating communications among the users to prevent collisions, with the ability of frequency assignment to be non-permanent, and a capability of dynamic or pseudo-random carrier assignment. An alternative embodiment of the SAP uses beamforming to provide spatial ports for assignments to the plurality of users.