Patent ID: 8411786
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, using one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices, two or more communications parameters associated with a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) signal transmitted by a transmitter, wherein the two or more communications parameters comprise two or more of (i) a number of receive antennas via which the MIMO signal is received, (ii) a number of spatial streams in the MIMO signal, and (iii) a signal to noise ratio (SNR) corresponding to the MIMO signal; and selecting, using one or more IC devices, a particular data detection technique of a plurality of data detection techniques employed by a receiver, wherein the selection of the particular data detection technique is based on a combination of values corresponding to the at least two identified communications parameters, such that, for a given value of a first communications parameter of the at least two identified communications parameters, different data detection techniques are selected for at least some different values of a second communications parameter of the at least two identified communications parameters.