Patent ID: 7529209
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting and receiving a radio signal with a slotted frame structure, said system comprising: a first transceiver operable to transmit said radio signal; a second transceiver operable to receive said radio signal from an initial antenna configuration selected from a plurality of possible antenna configurations via antenna diversity; where said second transceiver can make a determination of reception quality for said radio signal from at least one alternative antenna configuration selected from said plurality of possible antenna configurations during the reception of a slot containing data from said first transceiver in said initial antenna configuration; where said second transceiver can make a selection of an antenna configuration to receive said radio signal from between said initial antenna configuration and said at least one alternative antenna configuration; where said selection of said alternative antenna configuration is made based upon a history of reception qualities achieved from each of said plurality of possible antenna configurations that have occurred at said second transceiver; where said selection of said alternative antenna configuration is made using a combination of random selection and historical selection; and where of one of said random selection and said historical selection is chosen based upon the rate of fading experienced at said second transceiver.