Patent ID: 9118394
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting an antenna for signal propagation within a wireless communication device having a plurality of transceivers and at least two antennas, the method comprising: identifying, by a controller, a first antenna of the at least two antennas having better current antenna performance characteristics than a second antenna of the at least two antennas; determining each type of communication signal associated with an operating mode initiated on the wireless communication device, wherein each operating mode has at least one communication signal and each communication signal is one of a plurality of different types of communication signal and each type of communication signal is assigned a relative priority; in response to determining that the operating mode initiated provides a single communication signal, selectively connecting, by a dynamic transfer switch, the transceiver for propagating the single communication signal to the first antenna; and in response to determining that the operating mode initiated provides at least two different types of communication signals having different priorities and identifying the first antenna having better current antenna performance characteristics than the second antenna, selectively connecting, by the dynamic transfer switch, one of the plurality of transceivers for propagating a first communication signal of a first type to the first antenna having better performance characteristics and one of the plurality of transceivers for propagating a second communication signal of a second type to the second antenna, wherein the first type of communication signal is different from and has a higher priority than the second type of communication signal.