Patent ID: 9236929
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: operating a first receive path configured to receive signals from a first set of one or more antennas and process the signals received from the first set of antennas, wherein a second receive path for receive diversity is configured to receive signals from a second set of one or more antennas, wherein the second receive path is deactivated, and wherein the first set of antennas is different than the second set of antennas; activating the deactivated second receive path; determining at least one first metric based on signals received in the first receive path and at least one second metric based on signals received in the activated second receive path; if the second metric is better than the first metric, deactivating the first receive path and operating the second receive path to process the signals received from the second set of antennas; and if the second metric is not better than the first metric, deactivating the second receive path.