Patent ID: 8634785
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: tuning to a first channel on a first receiver radio frequency (RF) chain to permit receipt of a first signal during a first time duration; tuning to a second channel on the first receiver RF chain to permit receipt of a second signal during a second time duration, following the first time duration; providing a bridge signal, the bridge signal comprising an estimate of the first signal that was not received over the first channel on the first receiver RF chain during the second time duration and being representative of the first signal that was expected to be received over the first channel on the first receiver RF chain during the second time duration, to permit processing of the first signal during the first time duration; processing of the bridge signal during the second time duration by combining the first signal received during the first time duration with the estimate of the first signal to provide a restored first signal; and processing the first signal during the first time duration and during the second time duration using the restored first signal during the second time duration, without any apparent interruption of the first signal during the second time duration.