Patent ID: 8248970
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device with a plurality of radios and a plurality of configurable antenna systems, comprising: determining at a processor of a wireless communication device a plurality of receive signal quality metrics for connections between the wireless communication device and a plurality of stations for a first radio of the plurality of radios with a first configurable antenna system comprising receiving transmissions one at a time from the plurality of stations in a plurality of receive configurations, wherein the receive signal quality metrics are provided by the first radio or a radio controller; determining at the processor of the wireless communication device a plurality of receive signal quality metrics for connections between the wireless communication device and the plurality of stations for a second radio of the plurality of radios with a second configurable antenna system comprising receiving transmissions one at a time from the plurality of stations in a plurality of configurations, wherein the receive signal quality metrics are provided by the second radio or a radio controller; determining at the processor of the wireless communication device a connection matrix including the receive signal quality metrics for the first and second radios and the plurality of configurations of the first and second configurable antennas; and selecting at an antenna control module of the processor an antenna configuration for the first and second antenna configurations using the connection matrix such that the wireless communication device can always receive transmissions from all of a plurality of stations of a network, the wireless communication device can deliver maximum antenna strength for both uplink an downlink, and the overhead incurred by the wireless communication device in processing the calculation is minimized.