suitable sequencing could be utilized and modified as analysis of the situation warranted likewise it is not necessary to restrict the beam positions to a rotating pattern the beam positions could be generated in any sequence that serves the operation of the communication system for example a pattern that distributed the beams b over time such that each quadrant was covered by at least one beam b might be useful for wtrus that are closer to the ps and are likely to be covered by more than one beam position it should be noted that similar to all rf transmissions an rf signal only stops at a physical point if there is a faraday type of obstruction e g grounded metal roof usually the signal dies off and the boundary is some defined attenuation value from the peak value of the transmission to provide adequate coverage in the application of this invention it is preferable that adjacent beam positions overlap to some degree the overlap will tend to be more pronounced closer to the transmission and reception antennas close to an infrastructure antenna site any wtru is therefore likely able to communicate via a number of differently positioned beams b devices able to communicate via several beam positions could therefore if needed achieve higher data rates using these multiple positions devices further away however are more likely to be able to communicate via only once instant of beaming and to obtain higher data rates would require another technique such as a longer dwell time referring to fig7 which is an embodiment where the common beacon channel is swept through a cell which is divided into n number of p positions designated p 1 through p n each position p represents a different common channel beam b a wtru is.