Patent ID: 9337890
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for antenna selection (AS) in a transceiver having a number of subsets of antennas for transmitting a frequency-hopped sounding reference signal (SRS) over a sub-band of a bandwidth from a subset of antennas at a time, comprising: determining whether a number of sub-bands in the bandwidth is an integer multiplier of the number of subsets of antennas; and transmitting the SRS alternately from the subsets of the antennas if the number of sub-bands is not the integer multiplier of the subsets of antennas, and transmitting the SRS substantially alternatively, if the number of sub-bands is the integer multiplier of the subsets of antennas, wherein the transmitting substantially alternatively includes transmitting the SRS alternatively and periodically switching an order of transmission to continuously transmit two SRSs from the same subset of antennas.