Patent Publication Number: US-9900893-B2

Title: Asymmetrical receivers for wireless communication

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of, and claims priority to each of, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/918,187 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,621,194), filed Oct. 20, 2015, and entitled “ASYMMETRICAL RECEIVERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/502,442 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,191,036), filed Sep. 30, 2014, and entitled “ASYMMETRICAL RECEIVERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/508,711 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,879,602), filed Jul. 24, 2009, and entitled “ASYMMETRICAL RECEIVERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION.” The entireties of these applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The subject application relates to wireless communications and, more particularly, to configuring receivers in a mobile device to mitigate receiver overload and fully or nearly-fully utilize available electromagnetic radiation spectrum for communication. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Utilization of electromagnetic radiation spectrum for telecommunication is regulated, with generally competitive and costly proceedings to license a portion of such spectrum. In addition, spectrum open for licensing bids is limited. Moreover, license-free spectrum also is limited, with substantial power constraints and related regulations. Consequently, wireless service providers strive to efficiently use licensed and open spectrum, developing telecommunication techniques that attempt to increase data rates for a given, specific allocation of the spectrum. Manufacturers of wireless devices continue to design transceivers, and associated circuitry, intended to operate efficiently in demanding conditions such as wireless environments prone to device overload and interference-limited performance. Such development generally occurs within the bounds of commercial viability, e.g., operational and portability convenience, attractive style, and other consumer-appealing features, and product affordability as well. Thus, novel devices are typically the result of a trade-off between advanced, efficient operation and ability to produce substantial consumer adoption; for instance, highly portable user equipment includes receiver filters that exhibit relatively low quality factors and inferior adjacent carrier attenuation. As a result, available EM radiation spectrum is generally underutilized and telecommunication largely remains overload- and interference-limited. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  presents an example power allowance diagram for an illustrative set of electromagnetic (EM) radiation frequency blocks, or sub-bands, which can be utilized for operation of a device, mobile or pseudo-stationary, in accordance with aspects of the subject application. 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram of an example device that can communicate wirelessly through an asymmetric receiver configured in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates an example response of a filter included in a device that exploits asymmetric receiver configuration(s) in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIGS. 4A-4C  display diagrams of multi-filter asymmetric configurations in accordance with aspects disclosed in the subject application. 
         FIG. 5  illustrates a diagram of operation mode of a device in various locations within a coverage cell in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 6  displays an example embodiment of a provisioning component that is part of a device in accordance with aspects of the subject application. 
         FIG. 7  displays a block diagram of an example system for wireless communication that exploits asymmetric receiver(s) configured in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 8  illustrates a center-cell overload scenario and related telecommunication mode(s) of user equipment in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 9  illustrates an example middle-cell overload scenario and related telecommunication mode(s) of user equipment in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 10  illustrates an example cell-edge overload scenario and related telecommunication mode(s) of user equipment in accordance with aspects of the subject application. 
         FIG. 11  presents a flowchart of an example method for operating a mobile device with one or more receivers in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 12  is a flowchart of an example method for operating user equipment with at least two receivers in accordance with aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 13  is a flowchart of an example method for configuring operation of a set of receivers according to aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 14  is a flowchart of an example method for establishing a communication mode based at least in part on overload condition(s) of operation according to aspects of the subject application. 
         FIG. 15  displays a flowchart of an example method for handing off telecommunication from a first set of frequencies to a second set of frequencies according to features disclosed herein. 
         FIG. 16  presents a flowchart of an example method for employing a dedicated receiver for one or more applications according to aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 17  presents a flowchart of an example method for communicating wirelessly through a set of provisioned receivers according to aspects described herein. 
         FIG. 18  is an example wireless network environment that can enable or exploit aspects or features of the subject application. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The subject application is now described with reference to the drawings, in which example embodiments are shown and like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various embodiments. However, the subject disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the example embodiments set forth herein. 
     As used in this application, the terms “component,” “system,” “platform,” “interface,” “coder,” “decoder,” “selector,” “node,” and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity or an entity related to an operational machine with one or more specific functionalities. The entities disclosed herein can be either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a server and the server can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. Also, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The components may communicate via local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the Internet with other systems via the signal). 
     In addition, the term “or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” rather than an exclusive “or.” That is, unless specified otherwise, or clear from context, “X employs A or B” is intended to mean any of the natural inclusive permutations. That is, if X employs A; X employs B; or X employs both A and B, then “X employs A or B” is satisfied under any of the foregoing instances. Moreover, articles “a” and “an” as used in the subject specification and annexed drawings should generally be construed to mean “one or more” unless specified otherwise or clear from context to be directed to a singular form. 
     Moreover, terms like “user equipment,” “mobile station,” “mobile,” subscriber station,” “subscriber equipment,” “access terminal,” “terminal,” “handset,” and similar terminology, refer to a wireless device utilized by a subscriber or user of a wireless communication service to receive or convey data, control, voice, video, sound, gaming, or substantially any data-stream or signaling-stream. The foregoing terms are utilized interchangeably in the subject specification and related drawings. Likewise, the terms “access point,” “base station,” “Node B,” “evolved Node B (eNode B),” “home Node B (HNB),” and the like, are utilized interchangeably in the subject application, and refer to a wireless network component or appliance that serves and receives data, control, voice, video, sound, gaming, or substantially any data-stream or signaling-stream from a set of subscriber stations. Data and signaling streams can be packetized or frame-based flows. 
     Furthermore, the terms “user,” “subscriber,” “customer,” “consumer,” “prosumer,” “agent,” and the like are employed interchangeably throughout the subject specification, unless context warrants particular distinction(s) among the terms. It should be appreciated that such terms can refer to human entities or automated components supported through artificial intelligence (e.g., a capacity to make inference based on complex mathematical formalisms) which can provide simulated vision, sound recognition and so forth. As utilized herein, the term “prosumer” can indicate the following contractions: professional-consumer and producer-consumer. 
     The term “intelligence” as employed herein can have two meanings: (i) it refers to information that characterizes history or behavior of a person or an entity, and to records of commercial and non-commercial activities involving a product or service, or a combination thereof, of the person or entity; and (ii) it refers to the ability to reason or draw conclusions about, e.g., infer, the current or future state of a system or behavior of a user based on existing information about the system or user. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be employed to identify a specific context or action, or generate a probability distribution of specific states of a system or behavior of a user without human intervention. 
     The subject application provides system(s) and method(s) to configure receivers in a mobile device to mitigate receiver overload and fully or nearly-fully utilize available electromagnetic (EM) radiation spectrum for communication. Such spectrum can be paired or unpaired and it can be prone to receiver overload from high-power signal transmitted in carrier(s) spectrally neighboring the available EM radiation spectrum. Configuration is interference-agile and self-adjusting, or automatic, and it is dictated at least in part by at least one of radio link quality or available receiver specifications. Receiver configuration(s) can be effected by the mobile device or a base station that serves the mobile device. Receiver configuration includes various spectrally asymmetric receivers that tune respective disparate portions of the available EM radiation spectrum to maximize utilization thereof in the spectral regions prone to overload conditions. In an aspect, a receiver configuration can include a receiver that tunes a portion of the EM radiation spectrum utilized for telecommunication of data and signaling dedicated to a specific service or application, and spectral regions for non-dedicated traffic or signaling. In severe overload conditions, a single receiver can be configured to operate in an EM radiation frequency band spectrally adjacent to a sub-band that leads to overload conditions when employed for telecommunication. Alternatively or additionally, the single receiver can operate in an EM radiation frequency band spectrally disjointed from the sub-band in which transmitted signal originates overload condition(s). To improve performance, the single receiver configuration can be supplemented with at least one of transmit diversity operation, asymmetric multicarrier spreading, or downlink power boost of asymmetrical multicarrier spreading. 
     At least one advantage of the subject application is that it allows for the effective utilization of available EM radiation spectrum, e.g., licensed frequency carrier(s), spectrally adjacent or neighboring to a band or sub-band in which high-power wireless signal is transmitted and that typically is under-utilized or unused. Such an advantage can be exploited for network and user equipment call session processing in order to improve telecommunication performance, e.g., spectral efficiency, radio link budget, or communication quality, while maintaining affordable levels of complexity and cost. 
     Aspects, features, or advantages of the subject application can be exploited in substantially any wireless communication technology; e.g., Wi-Fi, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (Enhanced GPRS), Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE), 3GPP Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), or LTE Advanced. Additionally, substantially all aspects of the subject application can include legacy telecommunication technologies. 
       FIG. 1  presents an example power allowance diagram  100  for an illustrative set of electromagnetic (EM) radiation frequency blocks, or sub-bands, that can be utilized for operation of a device, mobile or pseudo-stationary, in accordance with aspects of the subject application. In the example diagram  100 , eight frequency blocks with a common spectral bandwidth are illustrated. Six blocks form three pairs of frequency-division duplex (FDD) sub-bands: A UL    105  and A DL    115 ; B UL    109  and B DL    119 ; and C UL    113  and C DL    123 . Unpaired blocks D  131  and E  141  are allocated for broadcasting. Uplink (UL) sub-bands can be allowed up to P 1    104  of transmission power, e.g., P 1  can range from 3-4 W for typical user equipment. Downlink (DL) sub-bands can be allowed up to p 2    114  of transmission power per frequency unit, e.g., p 2 =1000 W/MHz. Broadcast power allowance for bands D  131  and E  141  can be p 3    120 , e.g., p 3 =8330 W/MHz. In a particular non-limiting example, the eight frequency sub-bands in diagram  100  can embody the lower 700 MHz band, which spans radio frequencies from 698 MHz to 746 MHz, wherein each frequency block has a spectral bandwidth of 6 MHz. 
     Features and advantages of the subject application can be exploited for other sub-band configurations that include at least one FDD pair and one frequency block for broadcast. In addition, EM radiation sub-bands for FDD need not have a common spectral bandwidth limited to 6 MHz. In an aspect, sub-bands that can be employed for communication in accordance with aspects or features of the subject application include licensed sub-bands such as Personal Communication Services (PCS) sub-bands, Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) sub-bands, General Wireless Communications Service (GWCS) sub-bands, and so forth; or unlicensed sub-bands, e.g., the 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) sub-band or one or more of the 5 GHz set of sub-bands. In addition, aspects of the subject application can be exploited for substantially any or any sub-band spectral bandwidth; for instance, spectral bandwidth can include the standardized bandwidth for Third Generation (3G) LTE radio technology; namely, 1.4 MHz, 1.6 MHz, 3 MHz, 3.2 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, or 20 MHz. 
     Broadcast wireless signal, which can be delivered through blocks D  131  and E  141 , can be associated with one or more specific services, e.g., Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) or music broadcast, and can be delivered by a dedicated broadcast tower  170 . Data and control can be delivered and received within DL and UL sub-bands, respectively, by a base station  160 . Over-the-air wireless links  183  and  185  enable, respectively, exchange of traffic or signaling amongst mobile device  180  and broadcast tower  170  and base station  160 . Wireless link  180  comprise a FL only  183  that exploits at least one of sub-bands D  131  or E  141 , while wireless link  185  comprises a downlink (DL) and an uplink (UL), and it utilizes sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 ; and A UL    105 , B UL    109 , and C UL    113 . Broadcast tower  170 , base station  160  and mobile device  180  are illustrated within a hexagonal coverage cell  155 ; however, coverage cells can adopt other geometries generally dictated by a deployment configuration or floor plan, geographic areas to be covered, and so on. 
     As discussed in greater detail below, mobile device  180  can receive broadcasted signal(s), and data and control through an asymmetric receiver configuration in which a set of one or more receivers that tune disparate portions of the EM radiation spectrum. A filter in each receiver in the set of receivers enables tuning a specific portion of the EM radiation spectrum. Reception of traffic and signaling through asymmetric receiver configuration can be dynamically adjusted to achieve at least one of mitigation of user equipment overload conditions, efficient utilization of available spectrum, dedicated reception of service-specific content; or efficient performance of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) operation. While various aspects or features of the subject application are illustrated with two-receiver and three-receiver configurations, such aspects or features can be implemented and exploited in other multi-receiver configurations, e.g., four-receiver, five-receiver, G-receiver with G a natural number. Aspects of features of the subject application can be exploited for network and user equipment call session processing in order to improve telecommunication performance, e.g., spectral efficiency, radio link budget, or communication quality while maintaining affordable levels of complexity and cost. 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram of an example embodiment  200  of a mobile device that can communicate wirelessly through asymmetric receivers configured in accordance with aspects described herein. Mobile device  210  can embody, and operate in substantially the same or the same manner as, mobile device  180  or any other mobile device or pseudo-stationary device that can communicate wirelessly as described herein. To enable wireless communication, and transmit and receive data and signaling wirelessly, mobile device  210  includes a communication platform  215 , which comprises a set of K transceivers that include respective receivers  217   λ  and transmitters  225   λ , with λ=1, 2 . . . K and K a natural number equal to or greater than unity. Each transceiver includes an antenna  219   λ . One or more receivers  217   λ  can be configured, e.g., by a base station or component(s) therein, to operate in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) telecommunication mode. Receivers  217   λ  include respective filters  221   λ  and amplifiers  223   λ , which can be low-noise amplifiers. The filters  221   λ  are installed between antenna  219   λ  and amplifier  223   λ , and tune specific portions of EM radiation spectrum, such portions associated with one or more sub-bands available for telecommunications; e.g., A DL    105 , B DL    119 , or C DL    123 . The portion of the spectrum tuned by a filter  221   λ  sets, at least in part, the bandwidth associated with received path linked to receiver  217   λ . One or more of the filters  217   λ  can be spectrally agile filter(s). For such filters, gain or transmission spectrum can be controlled through application of an external field to or control parameter of one or more component(s) within the agile filter. Logic to control spectral response of an agile filter can be retained in memory  285 . In an aspect, such logic can be part of filter specification(s)  287 . While inclusion of agile filters within the set of filters  217   λ  can increase complexity of mobile device  210 , such filter can provide increased versatility to the set of receivers  217   λ  and mobile device  210 . A filter  221   λ  can be a multi-order, or multi-pole, filter of at least one of the following types: Butterworth, Bessel, Chebyschev, Gaussian or elliptic. Matched receivers are those that tune the same or substantially the same portion of the EM radiation spectrum, whereas asymmetric receivers are those that tune disparate portions of the EM radiation spectrum. 
     Communication platform  215  comprises electronic components and associated circuitry that enable processing and manipulation, e.g., coding/decoding, deciphering, modulation/demodulation, of wireless signal(s) received by mobile device  210  and wireless signal(s) to be transmitted by mobile device  210 ; the wireless signal(s) modulated and coded, or otherwise processed, in accordance with various radio technology protocols. Components, or functional elements, in communication platform  215  exchange information through a bus  216 ; information includes data, code instructions, signaling, or the like, and the bus  216  can be embodied in at least one of a system bus, and address bus, or a data bus. The electronic components and circuitry can include the set of K transceivers and component(s) therein, a multiplexer/demultiplexer (mux/demux) component  227 , a modulator/demodulator component  229 , and a set of one or more chipsets, e.g., multi-mode chipset(s)  233 . As indicated above, the transceivers includes receivers  217   λ  and transmitters  225   λ  that can convert signal from analog to digital upon reception, and from digital to analog upon transmission. Receivers  217   λ  and transmitters  225   λ  also can divide a single data stream into multiple parallel data streams, or perform the reciprocal operation; such operations typically conducted in various multiplexing schemes. Functionally coupled to receivers  217   λ  and transmitters  225   λ  is a multiplexer/demultiplexer (mux/demux) component  227  that enables processing or manipulation of wireless signal(s) in time and frequency space or domain. Electronic mux/demux component  227  can multiplex and demultiplex information (data/traffic and control/signaling) according to various multiplexing schemes such as time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), code division multiplexing (CDM), space division multiplexing (SDM). In addition, mux/demux component  227  can scramble and spread information (e.g., codes) according to substantially any code; e.g., Hadamard-Walsh codes, Baker codes, Kasami codes, polyphase codes, and so on. A modulator/demodulator (mod/demod) component  229  also is a part of communication platform  215 , and can modulate and demodulate information according to various modulation techniques, such as frequency modulation (e.g., frequency-shift keying), amplitude modulation (e.g., M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), with M a positive integer; amplitude-shift keying (ASK)), phase-shift keying (PSK), and the like. In embodiment  200 , mod/demod component  229  is functionally coupled to mux/demux component  227  via bus  216 . In addition, processor(s)  275  enables, at least in part, mobile device  210  to process data (e.g., symbols, bits, or chips) for multiplexing/demultiplexing, modulation/demodulation, such as implementing direct and inverse fast Fourier transforms, selection of modulation rates, selection of data packet formats, inter-packet times, etc. 
     Communication platform  215  also includes a coder/decoder  231  that operates on data in accordance with one or more coding/decoding schemes suitable for telecommunication through one or more transceivers  220   λ . When communication platform exploits MIMO, MISO, or SIMO operation, to achieve transmit diversity, coder/decoder  231  can implement at least one of space-time block coding (STBC) and associated decoding; or space-frequency block (SFBC) coding and associated decoding. Coder/decoder  231  also can extract information from data streams coding in accordance with spatial multiplexing scheme. To decode received information, e.g., data or control, coder/decoder  231  can affect at least one of maximum-likelihood (ML) detection, successive interference cancellation (SIC) detection, zero forcing (ZF) and minimum mean square error estimation (MMSE) detection, or the like. In addition, to operate in the manner described herein, coder/decoder  231  can employ, at least in part, mux/demux  227  and mod/demod  229 . 
     A service provider that operates base station  160  can configure, e.g., as part of provisioning of mobile device  210 , a set of electromagnetic (EM) radiation frequency bands and a set of radio technologies that communication platform  215  and components therein can exploit for communication. The set of EM radiation frequency bands, also referred to herein as frequency bands, can comprise radio frequency (RF) portion(s) and microwave portion(s) of the EM spectrum, although other spectral regions such as infrared (IR) also can be included. In an aspect, the set of EM radiation frequency bands can include at least one of (i) all or substantially all EM frequency bands licensed by the service provider (e.g., PCS bands, AWS bands, GWCS bands, and so forth); or (ii) all or substantially all unlicensed frequency bands currently available for telecommunication (e.g., the 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band or one or more of the Unlicensed National Information Infra-structure (UNII) bands in the 5 GHz range). It is noted that as part of over-the-air (OTA) upgrades, the service provider can add frequency bands, or frequency carriers therein, to the set of EM radiation frequency bands as such bands or carriers become available for communication, e.g., auctioned for utilization or authorized for free-of-charge utilization. Similarly, as new radio technologies become standardized, or available, the network operator can introduce such technologies in the set of radio technologies that can be utilized for communication. 
     Additionally, in embodiment  200 , multimode chipset(s)  233  can allow mobile device  210  to operate in multiple communication modes through various radio network technologies (e.g., second generation (2G), third generation (3G), fourth generation (4G)) or deep-space satellite-based communication in accordance with disparate technical specifications, or standard protocols, for the radio network technologies or satellite communication. In an aspect, multimode chipset(s)  233  can enable, at least in part, communication platform  215  to operate in accordance with standard protocols specific to a telecommunication mode of operation, e.g., LTE-based communication. In another aspect, multimode chipset(s)  233  can be scheduled to operate concurrently (e.g., when K&gt;1) in various modes or within a multitask paradigm in which the multimode chipset(s)  233  operate in a dedicated mode for a specific time interval. 
     Provisioning component  235  can activate or deactivate one or more receivers  217   λ  in the set of receivers 1 through K to generate a particular receiver configuration. In an aspect, such configuration can accommodate or adhere to fixed transmission constraints, e.g., spectral range for emitted wireless signal(s), of a serving base station or a base station within an active set associated with the mobile device  210 . To attain a specific spectral gain, provisioning component  235  also can adjust a value of control parameter ζ for an agile receiver in the set of receivers  217   1 - 217   K . Activation or deactivation, e.g., provisioning, of a receiver can be based at least in part on channel state information (CSI), which can be generated by CSI component  245  and supplied to provisioning component  235 , or filter specification(s) retained in memory element  287 . Thus provisioning component  235  can adapt, or adjust, operation of mobile device  210  in accordance at least in part with a current CSI. In an aspect of the subject application, channel state information includes at least one of one or more radio link metrics or an estimation of one or more channel gain matrix elements h μν , with μ=1, 2, . . . P and ν=1, 2, . . . K, or norm thereof, that compose a P×K channel embodied in wireless link  185 . P a natural number that represents a number of antennas at a serving base station. Radio link quality metrics can be represented or quantified through a channel quality indicator (CQI). 
     In an aspect, provisioning component  235  can contrast received CSI with a set of overload criteria retained in memory element  289  to provision a set of receivers, e.g., { 217   1 ,  217   2 ,  217   K-1 }, that mitigate overload condition(s). In an aspect, overload condition(s) include saturation of one or more amplifiers  223   λ . Provisioning component  235  can select the set of receivers in accordance at least in part with filter specification(s)  287 , such as spectral bandwidth(s) and roll-off coefficient(s). Overload criteria  289  includes a set of CSI thresholds {C 1   (th) , C 2   (th) , . . . C L-1   (th) , C L   (th) }, with L a positive integer greater or equal than unity, that enable determination of overload conditions and magnitude thereof. As an example, a singleton set of thresholds includes one channel quality indicator (CQI) threshold that establishes a radio link quality below which operation is overloaded. As another example, a set of thresholds can include a first and a second CQI thresholds, e.g., L=2, that distinguish, respectively, non-overload condition from overload condition and overload condition from severely overload condition. Finer resolution to identify overload conditions can be achieved through utilization of larger sets of CSI thresholds; e.g., L≧3. 
     Additionally or alternatively, provisioning of a filter can be driven at least in part by control data received by mobile device  210 . Control data can be generated by a base station, e.g.,  160 , and can include provisioning data that establishes a specific receiver configuration, e.g., a combination of active and inactive receivers dictated at least in part by a telecommunication operation mode such as spatial multiplexing (SM) MIMO. In an aspect, receiver configurations are asymmetric—disparate configured receivers tune, via respective filters therein, disparate portions of the EM radiation spectrum, as indicated supra. The disparate active receivers need not tune adjacent or partially overlapping portions of the spectrum. As an example, asymmetric receiver configurations can include a pair of receivers with a first receiver that includes a narrow-band filter that tunes band β  144  and a second receiver with a wide-band filter that tunes band α  146 . Such first receiver and second receiver can be configured, e.g., by a base station, to operate as a MIMO pair. 
     Provisioning component  235  can retain a receiver configuration as part of configuration record(s)  291 . In addition, the receiver configuration can be conveyed, e.g., through signaling in a control channel, to a base station included in an active set of base stations for mobile device  210 , which includes a serving base station such as base station  160 . Moreover, when a collected receiver configuration is successfully provisioned, provisioning component  235  can convey an acknowledgement (ACK) indication, e.g., one or more reserved bits in a packet header, a light-payload (e.g., 1-3 bytes) data packet, a predetermined multi-bit word conveyed in a radio frame within a control channel, through signaling delivered via communication platform  215 . 
     In an aspect, CSI component  245  can survey wireless signal(s), e.g., pilot signal(s), within a set of EM frequency bands and determine a radio link quality metric, which allows establishing CSI such as a channel quality indicator (CQI). Surveyed wireless signal(s) also can be employed to estimate h μν . To determine a radio link, or channel, quality metric, CSI component  245  can assess signal strength and noise level for a specific region of the EM radiation spectrum. To at least such end, in an aspect, CSI component  245  operates as a spectral analyzer. CSI component  245  can survey, or scans, wireless signal(s) periodically, with a configurable period established by a network operator or autonomously generated by CSI component  245 , e.g., via intelligent component  625 ; the scan period value can be retained in memory  285 , e.g., as part of configuration record(s)  291 . Radio link quality metrics can include at least one of received signal strength indicators (RSSIs), received signal code power (RSCP), carrier-over-interference (C/I), carrier-over-noise (C/N), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal-to-noise-and-interference ratio (SNIR), or energy per chip over total received power (E c /N 0 ). Through suitable measurements of pilot signal(s) strength in a set of time-frequency radio resources or determination of noise therein, CSI component  245  can establish CQIs for at least one of a specific receiver  217   λ  or a specific set of sub-carriers or frequencies within a sub-band, e.g., A DL    115 , or band such as band β  144 . 
     In another aspect, CSI component  245  can utilize, at least in part, coder/decoder  231  to generate estimates of channel gain matrix elements h μν  or norm thereof. CSI component  245  can estimate h μν  based at least in part on at least one of received pilot signal(s) or received data symbols. It is noted that norm of h μν  can be estimated through radio link quality metrics described above. CSI component  245  can generate a rank for the channel through the estimated h μν , and convey a rank indicator to a serving base station, e.g.,  160 , or other base station(s) within an active set associated with mobile device  210 . The rank indicator can be conveyed as part of signaling and can be employed by the serving base station to schedule radio resources or select a telecommunication mode. In addition, the rank indicator can ascertain, at least in part, the channel quality. CSI component  245  also can produce a precoding matrix through a singular decomposition of the estimated matrix channel spanned by h μν . Alternatively or in addition, a suitable precoding matrix can be signaled, e.g., through a coefficient retained in memory element  292 , based at least in part on estimated h μν  and magnitude of singular values of the associated radio channel matrix; the coefficient identifies a specific precoding matrix. 
     The set of EM frequency bands surveyed by CSI component  245  can include at least one of (i) all or substantially all EM frequency bands licensed by the service provider (e.g., PCS), AWS, GWCS, and so forth); or (ii) all or substantially all unlicensed frequency bands currently available for telecommunication (e.g., the 2.4 GHz ISM band or one or more of the UNIT bands in the 5 GHz range). In addition, the wireless signal(s) analyzed by CSI component  245  can be received, via communication platform  215 , and demultiplexed, demodulated, and decoded in accordance with various radio technologies. Demultiplexing, demodulation and decoding performed, respectively, by mux/demux component  227 , mod/demod component  229 , and coder/decoder  231 . Multimode chipset(s)  233 , assisted at least in part by at least one of provisioning component  235  or processor(s)  275 , can enable processing and manipulation of the wireless signal(s) in the various radio technologies; multimode chipset(s) can allow demultiplexing, and demodulation and decoding in accordance with telecommunication protocols associated with a radio technology. Such protocols can reside in memory  285 . In an aspect, a radio technology can be specified by signaling received OTA in a control channel. 
     Further to allowing wireless communication of voice or data, mobile device  210  can provide a specific functionality; for instance, device  210  can be a mobile phone, a photography camera, a video camera, a wireless dedicated computer, a navigation device, or the like. Such specific functionality can be supplied primarily through a functional platform  255  that comprises a set of components (not shown) that enable, at least in part, one or more specific functionalities that can complement or supplement wireless communication. As an example, when mobile device  210  is a telephone, functional platform  255  can include functional elements such as a data entry interface (e.g., a touch screen, a keyboard, a biometric pad for biometric-based access, a microphone, a loud speaker), a camera, peripheral connectors (e.g., a universal serial bus (USB) port or an IEEE 1394 port for transferring data to, or exchanging data with, a disparate device), a voice coder-decoder; intelligent component(s) that can respond to voice activated command(s); and so on. It should be appreciated that functional platform  255  can exploit applications (not shown) retained memory  285  in order to provide one or more functionalities of mobile device  210 . 
     Functional platform  255  also can include a display interface (not shown) that allows gestures for subscriber-device interaction via at least one of a screen, touch-responsive or otherwise, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma panel, a monolithic thin-film based electrochromic display; a set of light emitting elements, e.g., a light emitting diode (LED); a sound interface; or the like. The display interface (not shown) also can render content(s) that control functionality of mobile device  210  as supplied through functional platform  255 , or reveal operational conditions of the mobile device  210 . 
     Mobile device  210  includes processor(s)  275  configured to confer, and that confer, at least in part, functionality to substantially any or any component(s) or platform(s), interface(s), selector(s), and so forth, within mobile device  210  in accordance with one or more aspects of the subject application. In embodiment  200 , processor(s)  275  is illustrated as external to the various functional elements (e.g., component(s), interface(s), platform(s), selector(s)) of mobile device  210 ; however, processor(s)  275  can be distributed amongst a plurality of such various functional elements. Processor(s)  275  is functionally coupled to each functional element within mobile device  210  and to memory  285  through bus  293 , which can be embodied in at least one of a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or one or more reference link(s) or interface(s). In addition, processor(s)  275  can store information in and retrieve information from memory  285 , wherein the information is necessary to operate and/or confer functionality, at least in part, to communication platform  215  and at least a portion of component(s) therein; provisioning component  235  and component(s) therein; CSI component  245 ; functional platform  255  and component(s) therein; as well as other operational components (not shown) of mobile device  210 . The information can include at least one of code instructions, code structure(s), data structures, or the like. Processor(s)  275  can execute code instructions (not shown) stored in memory  285 , or other memory(ies) functionally coupled to mobile device  210 , to provide the described functionality of mobile device  210 . Such code instructions can include program modules or software or firmware applications that implement various methods described in the subject specification and associated, at least in part, with functionality of mobile  200 . 
     Memory  285  can retain, at least in part in an application storage(s) (not shown), at least one of data structures (e.g., objects, classes, metadata); code structure(s) (e.g., modules, procedures) or instructions; or substantially any type of software or firmware that processor(s)  275  can execute to provide functionality associated with substantially any or any component(s), platform(s), or functional element(s) within mobile device  210  in accordance with aspects of the subject application. In addition, memory  285  can store network or device information (not shown) such as encoded pilot signal(s) (e.g., encoded sounding reference signal(s)); one or more communication protocol(s) or technical specification(s); code sequences for scrambling or spreading; blind decoding hypotheses; semi-persistent scheduling parameters; frequency offsets, macrocell identifiers (IDs); address book(s); or the like. Moreover, memory  285  can retain content(s) such as multimedia files or subscriber-generated data; security credentials (e.g., passwords, encryption keys, digital certificates, biometric keys such as voice recordings, iris patterns, fingerprints, deoxyribionucleic acid (DNA) profiles); hardware identifying tokens or codes such as at least one of an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), a temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI), packet TMSI (P-TMSI), an international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI), a mobile directory number (MDN), a mobile identification number (MIN), a Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) electronic serial number (ESN), or a multi-bit identification number like the mobile identity number (MEID). It is noted that memory  1675  can include stationary or removable elements such as a subscriber identification module (SIM) card storage, a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) storage, or a removable user identity module (RUIM). 
     Mobile device  210  also includes power supply  265 , which can provision power to one or more components or functional elements that operate within mobile device  210 . Power supply  265  can be rechargeable, e.g., it can be embodied in a rechargeable battery. In addition, power supply  265  can include one or more transformers to achieve power level(s) that can operate mobile device  210  and components or functional elements, and related circuitry therein. In an aspect, power supply  265  can attach to a conventional power grid to recharge and ensure mobile device  210  is operational; power supply  265  can include an input/output (I/O) interface (not shown), or connector (not shown), to functionally attach to a conventional power grid. Power supply  265  also can include an energy conversion component (not shown) such as a solar panel or a thermoelectric device or material, which can be external or internal to the mobile device  210 , in order to provide additional or alternative power resources or autonomy to mobile device  210 . 
     Operation of receivers  217   λ  is based at least in part on characteristics of respective filters  221   λ .  FIG. 3  illustrates example specification(s) and response of a filter that can be part of an apparatus, such as mobile device  210 , that exploits an asymmetric receiver configuration for telecommunication in accordance with aspects described herein. Filter  221   J , with J a natural number such that 1≦J≦K, is part of a receiver  217   J , and can be characterized by at least two specifications: (i) spectral band-pass bandwidth Δν (J) , and (ii) roll-off coefficient R J . Diagram  300  displays an illustrative transmission (T) spectrum  310 , or spectral response, for filter  221   J . Spectral band-pass bandwidth is defined as the difference amongst a higher pass frequency ν M  and a lower pass frequency ν m ; namely, Δν (J) =ν M −ν m . Since roll-off R J  is finite, various criteria can be utilized to determine values for ν M  and ν m ; for instance, ν M  or ν m  can be defined as a frequency at which transmission, or gain, of the filter  221   J  has decreased from its maximum, e.g., 1 or 100%, by a predetermined value, for example, a 3 dB decrease. In addition, in view of the finite roll-off, filter  221   J  can tune frequencies above ν M  and below ν m . As in conventional filters, magnitude of roll-off R J  decreases with increasing the order, or number of poles, of the filter  221   J . 
     In a scenario in which filter  221   J  is spectrally agile, Δν (J)  can vary based at least in part on a control parameter ζ, which can be determined by operational condition(s), e.g., CSI, of the receiver  217   J . Magnitude of variation can be dictated by filter material or component(s) thereof. Variation can be intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic variation can be driven by changes in filter spectral response due to changes in properties of the filter material driven by the operational condition(s). Extrinsic variation can be driven by application of an external field that causes, at least in part, variation of the transmission, or gain, properties of the filter material or component(s) therein. 
       FIG. 4A  displays diagrams of illustrative two-filter asymmetric configurations in accordance with aspects disclosed in the subject application. Power allowances for illustrated sub-bands C UL    113 , D  131 , E  141 , A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123  correspond to those presented in  FIG. 1  and associated description. With respect to S DL    426  and T DL    438 , such frequency blocks can be part of a different frequency band than that including sub-bands C UL    113 , D  131 , E  141 , A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 ; in an embodiment, S DL    426  and T DL    438  can be part of the AWS band. In addition, S DL    426  and T DL    438  can be paired with respective UL frequency blocks (not shown), or can be frequency blocks allocated for DL transmission only. Alternatively or additionally, S DL    426  and T DL    438  can be employed for UL and DL communication within a time division duplex scheme. Note that as illustrated S DL    426  and T DL    438  have broader bandwidth than other displayed sub-bands; such scenario can occur S DL    426  and T DL    438  are embodied in AWS sub-band(s) or carrier(s) and C UL    113 , D  131 , E  141 , A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123  are embodied in lower 700 MHz carriers. Each gain spectral response illustrated in diagrams  400  or  420  can correspond to respective filters that are part of respective receivers in a device (e.g., mobile device  210 ) with wireless communication capability and that utilizes such receivers for telecommunication. In diagram  400 , gain spectral response  404  of a first filter tunes a first frequency band α  146  that spans sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 , while gain spectral response  414  of a second filter tunes a second narrower frequency band β  144  that includes sub-bands B DL    119  and C DL    123 . Gain spectral responses  404  and  414 , as well as any other spectral responses illustrated herein, are vertically, mutually off-set for representation clarity. In view of finite roll-off, a first receiver that utilizes the first filter can be overloaded with broadcast signal in frequency sub-band E  141  when a device, e.g., mobile device  210 , that utilizes the first receiver is in proximity of a broadcast source (e.g., broadcast tower  170 ) emitting in block E  141 . Accordingly, the device or one or more components therein, e.g., provisioning component  235 , can deactivate the first receiver or utilize it in a controlled manner when near such broadcast source. In an aspect, controlled utilization can include inclusion of the first receiver in telecommunication in order to fulfill a bitrate requirement or a specific error rate such as a guaranteed bit error rate (BER) or block error rate (BLER). As described above, the first receiver and the second receiver can be configured, e.g., by a base station, to operate as a MIMO pair. 
     While the first receiver can be overloaded by a high-power broadcasted signal delivered in sub-band E  141 , in a scenario in which the device is not overloaded by the broadcast source signal, the first receiver can advantageously exploit the combined spectral bandwidth of sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 . Namely, asymmetric receiver configuration  400  can fully exploit available EM radiation spectrum for DL transmission of data and signaling, as opposed to conventional matched-filter configuration, e.g., overlapping spectral gains  404  and  414 , that fails to utilize the A DL    115  portion of the available spectrum and thus limits use of available spectrum even in the absence of high-power, broadcasted wireless signal. Limitation on the utilization of A DL    115  can substantially reduce available capacity for communications that utilize sub-bands A UL    105 , B UL    109 , and C UL    113 , and A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 , illustrated in diagram  100 . For instance, when such sub-bands are embodied in the lower 700 MHz band, ADL bandwidth span 6 MHz, which is a substantive portion of the band capacity. It should be noted that matched-filter configurations are conventionally employed to mitigate overload at the expense of unused available spectrum. At least one advantage of telecommunication through a wider bandwidth afforded by the combined sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123  is increased capacity, and efficiency and performance, particularly in radio technologies such as 3GPP LTE, which can operate in various, increasingly larger bandwidths. The second receiver that includes the second filter, with gain spectral response  420 , is unaffected by broadcast signal in frequency block E  141 . Accordingly, when a device (e.g., mobile  180 ) that employs the second filter in a receiver is close to a broadcast source (e.g., broadcast tower  170 ) emitting in block E  141 , the receiver with the second filter becomes the primary receiver of the device. 
     In alternative or additional asymmetric receiver configuration  420 , for a device that utilizes receivers that include respective filters with gain spectral responses  424  and  434 , overload is removed in view of the spectral splitting between frequency block E  141  and sub-bands S DL    426  and T DL    438 . Configuration  420  can be established by a component within the device, e.g., provisioning component  235 , when receivers, and respective filters therein, with tuning characteristics  424  and  434  are available to such device. A first receiver and a second receiver with tuning characteristics  424  and  434 , respectively, can be configured, e.g., by a base station, to operate as a MIMO pair. While gain spectral responses  424  and  434  are illustrated as asymmetric, it should be appreciated that matched gain spectral responses also can be configured and utilized in view that receivers that collect signal transmitted in frequency blocks S DL    426  and T DL    438  are unaffected by overload condition(s) originating from broadcast signal in block E  141 . In addition, it should be appreciated that in receiver configuration  420  or a related alternative or additional matched receiver configuration, UL traffic and control can be transmitted via one or more of sub-bands A UL    105 , B UL    109 , or C UL    113 . 
     In mobile device  210 , when K=4 and gain spectrum of four filters  221   1 - 221   4  have respective spectral responses  404 ,  414 ,  424 , and  434 , provisioning component  235  can switch from asymmetric receiver configuration  400  to configuration  420 , and vice versa, based at least in part on available channel state information and overload condition(s) determined there from. For instance, when a receiver in asymmetric configuration  400  is overloaded by transmissions in block E  141 , provisioning component  235  can activate configuration  420 , and deactivate it in favor of re-activation of configuration  400  when overload condition(s) cease to be present. 
     In a MIMO pair formed by the first receiver and second receiver in configuration  400 , and in the absence of receiver overload, MIMO weighting can utilize primarily band α  146 , to exploit fully the available spectrum. Upon onset of overload condition(s) or at moderate overload condition(s), for example the device that utilizes the MIMO pair is located near a broadcast tower, e.g.,  170 , radio link quality of receive path associated with the first receiver degrades. In response, a base station that serves the device can adjust MIMO weighting off frequency block A DL    115  and shift it towards band β  144 , which can result in wireless signal, e.g., traffic and signaling, that can be received by a first and second receive paths associated, respectively, with the first and second receivers. When the first receiver, which includes a broad band-pass filter, is severely overloaded, CSI associated with such receiver can reveal substantively inferior radio link quality than that estimated for the second receiver that includes the second filter with narrower gain spectral response. Therefore, a base station that serves the device that utilizes the first and second receivers can schedule radio resources in accordance with the largely disparate CSI values amongst such receivers. For example, MIMO weighting associated with operation of the first and second receiver in the MIMO pair can favor the second, narrower bandwidth receiver and frequency assignments can be confined or substantially confined to frequencies tuned by the second, narrower band-pass filter. Accordingly, MIMO operation switches to MISO operation, wherein the device receives traffic and signaling via a single receiver that tunes a single frequency band; namely, the second narrower bandwidth receiver that tunes band β  144 . While such MISO operation can be sub-optimal with respect to telecommunication quality and efficiency, effects of sub-optimality are offset by gains in telecommunication performance in moderately- or non-overloaded condition(s), and can be mitigated through various complementary techniques such as the following. Transmit diversity, wherein various transmit paths transport redundant data streams towards the single receiver; asymmetrical multicarrier spreading in which additional carrier(s) unaffected by overload condition(s), e.g., frequency block(s) S DL    436  or T DL    438 , are added to transport at least a portion of all transmissions in the downlink, with suitable receivers provisioned to collect at least the portion of all transmissions; or carrier-specific DL power boost for asymmetrical multicarrier spreading. 
       FIG. 4B  displays a diagram of an example three-filter asymmetric configuration  440  in accordance with aspects disclosed in the subject application. Such configuration can be exploited to reduce cost and complexity of devices that can consume dedicated content from specific broadcast services or applications. Configuration  440  can be realized in a device such as mobile device  210  that includes at least three receivers, e.g., K≧3, for wireless communication. Spectral response  446  of a first filter spans broadcast sub-bands D  131  and E  141 ; spectral response  452  of a second filter covers a wide frequency band that includes broadcast bands D  131  and E  141 , and downlink sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 ; and spectral response  458  of a third filter spans frequency sub-bands B DL    119 , and C DL    123 . The first filter with spectral response  446  can be part of a dedicated, first receiver that collects wireless signal from a specific broadcast service or application, e.g., IPTV, or terrestrial or satellite radio content, when the device that includes the dedicated receiver executes and application that consumes data or signaling from the specific broadcast service or application. Such first filter is unaffected by wireless signal(s) transmitted in sub-bands B DL    119  and C DL    123 . The second filter with spectral response  452  can be part of a second receiver employed for collection of broadcast wireless signal and DL unicast signal. The second receiver can be employed in conjunction with a third receiver that includes the third filter to form a MIMO pair telecommunicate unicast traffic and control when strength of broadcast signal does not result in overload condition(s), e.g., a device that utilizes the second filter as part of one of its receivers is located at a distance from the broadcast tower such that received power is sufficiently low so as not to cause overload of a receiver that utilizes the second filter. Telecommunication of unicast data and signaling can exploit PRBs or frequency resources within at least one of band β  144  or band α  146 ; a base station that serves the device that utilized the second and third receiver can grant such radio resources. 
     With respect to signal broadcasted in frequency blocks D  131  and E  141  and associated with a dedicated wireless service or application, the second receiver and first, dedicated receiver can form a MIMO pair, and enable MIMO reception of broadcasted traffic and content through P×2 receive paths. A base station can receive an indication from a mobile device that an application or service that consumes broadcasted data and control has been launched, and allocate radio resources for signal reception that are primarily confined to sub-bands D  131  and E  141 . 
     Multi-purpose utilization of the second receiver, or receive path formed there from, incorporating the second filter can thus lessen operation complexity of the device since the second receiver can collect traffic and control linked to the specific broadcast service or application, and regular call session(s). Cost of the device that utilizes the multi-purpose second receiver in combination with the first, dedicated receiver can be reduced as compared with conventional devices that communicate wirelessly through 3GPP LTE protocol(s) or other radio technology(ies) that incorporate MIMO telecommunication, and include dedicated player(s) for specific broadcast wireless services, since such conventional devices would typically utilize an additional receiver to operate the player(s) in MIMO configuration. 
     It is noted that since roll-off of the first and second filters are such that the filter can tune signal(s) from UL sub-band C UL    113 , a first receiver and a second receiver that utilize, respectively the first and second filters can be overloaded by uplink signal(s) transmitted from a device, e.g.,  210 , that utilizes block C UL    123  and executes an application that receives broadcast signal in sub-bands D  131  or E  141 . Thus, to mitigate such overload conditions, radio resources for telecommunication, e.g., physical resource block(s) (PRB(s)), granted to the device can avoid sub-band C UL    123  and include alternative frequency block(s) instead; such alternative frequency block(s) (not shown in  FIG. 4 ) can include frequency sub-bands that can be detected and processed by one or more receivers within the device. 
     With respect to  FIG. 4C , an additional or alternative three-filter asymmetric configuration  460  is displayed. Such configuration  460  can be realized in a device, e.g., mobile device  210 , that includes at least three receivers, e.g., K  3 , for wireless communication. A component within the device, e.g., provisioning component  235 , can effect configuration  460  in response to overload condition(s) that can arise from high-power signal broadcasted in frequency block E  141  and detected by a first receiver that utilizes a first filter that tunes the broadcasted signal due to finite roll-off (see,  FIG. 3 ), or non-ideal spectral attenuation. In configuration  460 , two receivers are provisioned to augment the overloaded device; the activated receivers include respective filters, one of the filters can tune frequency block V DL    476  and the other one can tune frequency block T DL    478 . As illustrated, such frequency blocks can have bandwidth(s) that are different from the bandwidth(s) of sub-bands C UL    113 , D  131 , E  141 , A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 ; in an embodiment, S DL    426  and T DL    438  can be part of the AWS band. Receivers that utilize filters with gain spectral responses  464  and  474  are unaffected by overload condition(s) originated from high-power signal broadcasted in sub-band E  141 , or D  131  (not shown). Accordingly, such receivers in configuration  460  can secure at least a portion of DL traffic and signaling directed to the device that exploits configuration  460  for communication. Configuration  460  can be utilized based at least in part on available channel state information and overload condition(s) determined there from. As the device recovers from overload condition(s), a two-filter asymmetric configuration, such as configuration  420 , can be activated and receivers that tune frequency blocks V DL    476  and T DL    478  can be deactivated. Alternatively or additionally, a four-receiver, or four-filter, asymmetric configuration (not shown) accomplished through activation of configuration  420  and receivers that tune blocks V DL    476  and T DL    478  can be utilized when the device is not overloaded and is located in close proximity of a serving base station. As overload condition(s) resurge, configuration  460  can be re-activated. A provisioning component, e.g.,  235 , can activate or deactivate asymmetric configuration  460 . 
     Addition of carrier(s) to a telecommunication band, or multi-carrier spreading, can be advantageously exploited when user equipment served by a sector, e.g., a 3GPP LTE sector, is particularly prone to overload. In an aspect, when the UE is likely to be overloaded due to transmission of broadcasted signal in sub-bands D  131  and E  141  from a high-power broadcaster, e.g.,  170 , at the edge of a cell that includes the serving sector, a base station or a component therein, e.g., scheduler  725 , can establish one of frequency blocks V DL    476  and T DL    478  as a high power DL carrier to supplement DL gaps, which can be DL sub-bands such as A DL    115  that are underutilized or non-utilized in overload condition(s). In such scenario, an UL sub-band paired to at least one of band α  146  or band β  144 , or carrier(s) thereof, can be employed as anchor carrier and conduit for transmission of control data, while the one of frequency blocks V DL    476  and T DL    478  AWS can be utilized to deliver the majority or substantially all of downlink user data. In asymmetric multicarrier telecommunication, an anchor carrier is the primary frequency block employed for telecommunication of traffic and control, and such anchor carrier is generally augmented with additional carrier(s) or sub-band(s) to increase capacity. 
     The multiple asymmetric receiver configurations described supra can be utilized for communication in a device, e.g., mobile device  210 , based at least in part on location of the device within a wireless coverage sector or cell and relative position with respect to a serving base station, e.g.,  160 , and a broadcasting tower, e.g.,  170 .  FIG. 5  illustrates a diagram of operation mode of such a device in various locations within a coverage cell in accordance with aspects described herein. In example diagram  500 , base station  160  resides near center of coverage cell  155  and delivers data or control signal(s) through band α  146 , which spans sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119  and C DL    123 . Due to propagation and path loss, power of transmitted wireless signal decreases as distance from base station  160  increases. As displayed in diagram  550 , block  552  represents decreasing power from cell  155  center O to mid-cell reference location D and cell  155  edge boundary E with a gradient of black tones: Black represents the highest power at cell center while white represents the lowest transmitted power at cell edge boundary. Characteristic regions, e.g., center, middle, or edge, within cell  155  along line  OE  can be determined based at least in part on magnitude range(s) of transmitted power of wireless signal. Namely, cell center  560  can be the region with the largest power magnitude range and variation thereof; middle cell  570  can be the region with moderate to low power and lower variation thereof; and cell edge  580  can be defined as the region with lowest power magnitude variation in addition to geographical boundary of cell  155 . Boundary(ies) of center  560 , middle  570 , and edge  580  can be specified through selected cutoffs of transmitted power magnitude; selection can be specific to a coverage cell (e.g.,  155 ) and determined by a network operator. Alternatively or additionally, boundary(ies) of cell regions can be defined according to channel quality conditions, e.g., magnitude of UL or DL CQI(s); accordingly, cell regions can be different for UL than DL. 
     As discussed supra, a first wide band-pass filter and second narrow band-pass filter in respective receivers in a dual asymmetric receiver configuration, such as configuration  400 , can be employed as a MIMO pair. When the wide band-pass filter is not overloaded, and in middle-cell or center-cell conditions, as established through channel quality condition(s), DL MIMO spatial multiplexing can be applied utilizing frequency blocks B DL    119  and C DL    123  (band β  144 ), which can be supported, e.g., signal transported therein can be detected, by the first and second receivers in the dual asymmetric configuration within mobile  180 . In an aspect, a scheduler component within a service base station can confine frequency assignments for DL communication to band β  144 . Based at least in part upon measurement and reporting of similar CSI, e.g., CQI(s), for each of the receivers, MIMO weighting can be substantially uniform. Spatial multiplexing maximizes or nearly-maximizes throughput of the serving base station. 
     Alternatively or additionally, when the first wide band-pass filter is not overloaded and in middle-cell or cell-edge conditions, the first wide band-pass filter paired with the second narrow band-pass filter can be exploited in transmit diversity with Space Frequency Block Coding (SFBC). In such transmit diversity telecommunication mode, radio resources, e.g., PRBs, in frequency block A DL    115  are utilized for redundant transmissions in conjunction with frequency resources in sub-bands B DL    119  and C DL    123 . In the dual-receiver asymmetric configuration that includes the first wide band-pass filter and the second narrow band-pass filter, e.g., configuration  400 , PRBs in sub-bands B DL    119  and C DL    123  can be received by both receivers in UE  180 ; however, block A DL    115  PRBs can be received by the receiver with the broader bandwidth filter. Such asymmetric dual-receiver configuration suppresses receiver diversity for PRBs in frequency block A DL    115 ; however, such lack of receiver diversity is offset or mitigated by reduced interference, or interference diversity gain. Namely, interference is spread over a larger spectral bandwidth: A DL    115 , B DL    119  and C DL    123 . Block A DL    115  PRBs exhibit less interference because such radio resources are not employed for spatial diversity traffic but are utilized by UE  180  in SFBC transmit diversity mode of operation. Reduced interference in middle-cell or cell-edge condition(s) provides higher channel quality, which enables utilization of higher modulation and coding schemes (MCSs), with ensuing increased telecommunication efficiency, e.g., lower latency, and bitrates, or improved link budget. Based at least in part upon measurements conducted by a component in a device that exploits asymmetric configuration receivers, and reports of similar CSI supplied by the component, e.g., CQI report(s), for each of the receivers, MIMO weighting can be substantially uniform for the first and second receiver. 
     The foregoing modes of operation also can be implemented when base station  160  transmits wireless signal(s) only in band β  144 . Such DL transmission scenario affects primarily MIMO communication in SFBC diversity mode. 
       FIG. 6  displays an example embodiment  600  of a provisioning component  235  in accordance with aspects of the subject application. A technology selector  635  can configure communication platform  215  to operate in a predetermined frequency band and in accordance with a specific radio technology. In addition, technology selector  635  can deliver an indication to filter selector  605  to provision, e.g., activate, a specific set of receivers based at least in part on a selected radio technology and associated EM radiation frequency bands. 
     As described above, for a configured radio technology, based at least in part on CSI received, as part of signaling  602 , filter selector  605  can activate or deactivate utilization of a particular filter  221   λ . In an aspect, as described above, filter selector  605  can compare CSI received as part of signaling  602  against overload criteria  289  to determine a set of filters  221   λ  to be activated or deactivated. In an aspect, activation of a set of filters  221   λ  can be conveyed to communication platform  215  via a M-bit word, with M a natural number, within signaling  602 ; for instance, an active receiver, or filter therein, can be indicated with a bit set to “1” and an inactive receiver with a bit set to “0.” Additionally or alternatively, filter selector  605  can configure, at least in part, an agile filter within the set of filters  221   λ  to operate in a specific spectral bandwidth with a particular roll-off coefficient. To configure the agile filter, filter selector  605  can exploit one or more control node(s)  615  that can adjust a control parameter that determines a physical property of the agile filter material, and thus its band-pass characteristics, or activates one or more components associated with the agile filter and that determine operation thereof. A component associated with the agile filter can be a functional element internal to the agile filter or external and functionally coupled thereto. 
     Intelligent component  625  can affect a cost-benefit analysis of configuring an agile filter versus deactivating the agile filter and telecommunicating without reliance there from, and supply filter selector  605  with an indication to proceed with or defer adjustment of such agile filter. In addition, intelligent component  625  can collect historical data on received CSI and ensuing filter activation or deactivation to determine overload condition trends and filter selection patterns in order to predict filter configuration(s) that mitigate overload conditions. In an aspect, intelligent component  625  can retain historical CSI data and filter selection data in memory  285 ; historical filter configuration(s) can be stored in configuration record(s)  291 . Intelligent component  625  also can enable CSI component  245  to autonomously determine a period for scanning a wireless channel based upon features or patterns of temporal or spatial variation thereof, as revealed through historical CSI data. To at least such end(s), intelligent component  625  can exploit artificial intelligence (AI) methods to infer (e.g., reason and draw a conclusion based upon a set of metrics, arguments, or known outcomes in controlled scenarios) suitable filter configuration(s) or efficient adaptation of agile filter(s) that mitigate receiver overload conditions while preserving battery lifetime and achieving an advantageous complexity-utility trade-off. Artificial intelligence techniques typically apply advanced mathematical algorithms—e.g., decision trees, neural networks, regression analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) for feature and pattern extraction, cluster analysis, genetic algorithm, or reinforced learning—to a data set; e.g., collected historical CSI data and filter selection data. 
     In particular, to determine a filter configuration based at least in part on a utility analysis, intelligent component  625  can employ one of numerous methodologies for learning from data and then drawing inferences from models so constructed. For example, Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and related prototypical dependency models can be employed. General probabilistic graphical models, such as Dempster-Shafer networks and Bayesian networks like those created by structure search using a Bayesian model score or approximation can also be utilized. In addition, linear classifiers, such as support vector machines (SVMs), non-linear classifiers like methods referred to as “neural network” methodologies, fuzzy logic methodologies can also be employed. It is to be noted that additional algorithm(s) can be utilized, such as Monte Carlo simulations, or game theoretic models (game trees, game matrices, pure and mixed strategies, utility algorithms, Nash equilibria, evolutionary game theory, etc.). 
     Components, selectors, and node(s) within provisioning component  235  can exchange information, e.g., data or signaling, through a bus  637 , which can be embodied in at least one of a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or one or more reference link(s) or interface(s). In an aspect, bus  637  can complement or supplement connectivity of bus  293 , which functionally connects processor(s)  275  and memory  285  with provisioning component  235 . 
       FIG. 7  displays a block diagram of an example system for wireless communication that exploits asymmetric receivers configured in accordance with aspects described herein. Base station  160  includes a communication platform  715 , which operates in substantially the same manner as communication platform  215 . However, a set of one or more receivers within communication platform  715  can exhibit higher architectural or functional complexity, with ensuing improved performance, than that of receivers  217   λ . As an example, communication platform  715  can include supercooled, high Q and rapid roll-off filters as part of one or more receivers within communication platform  715 . It is noted that the one or more high-performance filters that can be provisioned as part of communication platform  715  are relatively large and typically inadequate for installation and utilization in mobile devices or pseudo-stationary devices that can effect wireless communication. 
     As described above, communication platform  715  can deliver traffic  757 , e.g., voice or data, and signaling  753  through a set of one or more antennas  714   1 - 714   p , with P a positive integer, via over-the-air (OTA) interface or wireless link  185 . Traffic  757  can be packet-switched for 2.5G and more recently developed technologies such as 3GPP LTE, or circuit-switched for legacy radio technologies. Signaling  753  can include control information that manages, at least in part, operation and associated telecommunication features of mobile device  210 . In particular, signaling  753  can include CSI  754  and precoding coefficients or precoding matrix(ces), indicated as precoding  755 . Scheduler component  725  can generate at least part of signaling  753 , which can include provisioning data for hardware, firmware, or software, or a combination thereof, that can operate within mobile device  210 ; allocation of radio resources, e.g., number of PRBs and carrier frequencies that compose the PRBs in 3GPP LTE radio technology; selection of format(s) of data packet(s) and management packet(s) for traffic and signaling exchange, the format(s) consistent with allocated radio resources; semi-persistent scheduling parameters, configuration of telecommunication modes such as MIMO, multiple-input single-output (MISO), single-input multiple output (SIMO), or single-input single-output (SISO); configuration of asymmetric multicarrier mode of operation and associated carriers or sub-bands to implement such mode of operation; indication to operate in a specific radio technology, and modulation formats and coding schemes compatible therewith; indication of allowed transmission power; indication of antenna configuration; or the like. Telecommunication configuration signaling  756 , also termed configuration  756 , can convey at least a portion of the signaling  753  generated by scheduler component  725 . 
     Scheduler component  725  can generate configuration  756  in accordance at least in part with at least one of CSI of wireless link(s)  185 , precoding  755 , or receiver capabilities of mobile device  210  as dictated by receiver specification(s) retained in memory element  287 . When precoding  755  conveys precoding coefficient(s), scheduler component  725  can select one or more precoding matrices associated with the received precoding coefficients and retained in precoding matrix store  739 . Precoding  755  also can convey rank indicator(s), determined as described supra. In an aspect, at least a portion of CSI can be received at communication platform  715  via CSI signaling  754 , which can include one or more CQI report(s) and be transported as part of a control channel or management packet(s); communication platform  715  can relay CSI signaling  654  to scheduler component  625 . For specific CSI, scheduler component  725  can access overload criteria  289  to assess overload condition or level; assessment can be enabled through a set of one or more CSI thresholds. In an aspect, based at least in part on CSI or receiver capabilities, scheduler component  725  can provision two or more receiver in an asymmetric configuration, e.g., configuration  400  or  450 ; allocate radio resources, e.g., EM radiation frequencies; adjust MIMO or MISO paths through at least one of selection of disparate modulation and coding schemes; change transmission power assigned to one or more of antennas  714   1 - 714   p , with P a positive integer; or select an EM radiation pattern emission of a plurality of antennas  714   1 - 714   p  to control beamforming, or directionality of emitted EM radiation. Accordingly, base station  160  can adapt, or adjust, its operation in response to mobile device  210  radio link condition(s). 
     Channel state information can be received from mobile device  210 . As described above, CSI can include channel quality indicators (CQIs) for each DL path that is statistically independent within the set of P×K DL paths that form DL radio channel within wireless link(s)  185 . In addition, CSI for UL path(s) can be generated by base station  160 . To generate CSI, scheduler component  725  can instruct mobile device  210  to deliver a sounding signal, e.g., a pilot sequence; and a CSI component (not shown) in base station  160  can process the sounding signal, received via communication platform  715 , to produce a set of one or more CQIs for UL path(s). Transmit or receive path CSI can be at least one of antenna specific or frequency specific. 
     To implement a scheduled telecommunication radio technology, base station  160  includes a technology selector  727  that can configure communication platform  715  to operate in the scheduled radio technology. Configuration can include delivery of signaling to initiate and utilize specific chipset(s) that enable signal generation and processing in communication platform  715  in accordance with communication protocols, which can be retained in memory  735  as part of algorithm store  737 , associated with the scheduled radio technology. 
     In addition to overload criteria  262 , algorithm store  737  and receiver specification(s)  287 , memory  735  can retain data structures (e.g., metadata, object, classes); code structure(s) (e.g., modules, procedures, subroutines) or instructions; or substantially any type of software or firmware that processor(s)  745  can execute to provide functionality associated with substantially any component(s), platform(s), interface(s), or the like, within base station  160  in accordance with aspects of the subject application. Memory  735  also can retain network information (not shown) such as communication protocols or specifications for various radio technologies; pre-coding codebook(s); code sequences for scrambling, spreading, or blind decoding hypothesis; semi-persistent scheduling parameters; pilot signal(s) such as DL reference signal(s) or UL sounding signals; frequency offsets; macrocell identities (IDs), e.g., cell global identities (CGIs), and so forth. 
     Processor(s)  745  is configured to confer, and that confer, at least in part, functionality to substantially any or any functional element(s) such as filter(s), amplifier(s), component(s), platform(s), interface(s), or the like, within base station  710  in accordance with one or more aspects of the subject application. Additionally, or alternatively, processor(s)  745  can execute one or more of the functional element(s) contained in base station  710 . In example embodiment  700 , processor(s)  745  is external to the various functional elements of base station  710 ; however, processor(s)  745  can be distributed amongst such various functional elements. Processor(s)  745  is functionally connected to each functional element and to memory  735  through bus  747 , which can be embodied in at least one of a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or one or more reference link(s) or interface(s). To confer the described functionality to the one or more functional elements within base station  710 , or operate such functional elements, processor(s)  745  can store information in and retrieve information from memory  735 . Such information can include at least one of code instructions; code structure(s); program modules or subroutines; data structures such as classes or configuration files; or the like. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a center-cell overload scenario and related telecommunication mode(s) of user equipment in accordance with aspects described herein. In example diagram  800 , base station  160  and broadcast tower  170  reside at center of coverage cell  155 . Base station  160  delivers data or control through bands A DL    115 , B DL    119  and C DL    123 , while broadcast tower  170  transmits signal in bands D  131  and E  141 . Power of wireless signal transmitted from base station  160  or broadcast tower  170  decrease with increasing distance from cell center O towards cell-boundary location A. Shaded panels  852  and  854  represent such decrement for transmit tower  170  and base station  160 , respectively, in the same manner as described above. Cell-center  860 , middle-cell  870 , and cell-edge  880  regions can be defined as described above. 
     As described above, to efficiently utilize allowed or licensed EM radiation spectrum, e.g., available block A DL    115 , base station  160  can allocate primarily frequency resources in band α  146 . However, one or more receivers in UE  180  that tune, at least in part, sub-band A DL    115  can be overloaded when operating in cell center  860  because of close proximity to broadcast tower  170 , which transmits at elevated power in band E  141  spectrally adjacent to A DL    115 . As indicated supra, when overload occurs, channel quality deteriorates for DL, or receive, path(s) in band α  146 . In such scenario, base station  160 , via scheduler component  725 , for example, can adjust MIMO weighting so as to reduce utilization of block A DL    115  frequency resource and increase utilization of resources in sub-bands B DL    119  and C DL    123 . In an asymmetric dual-receiver configuration in which each receiver can tune frequencies in sub-bands B DL    119  and C DL    123 , for example, configuration  400 , DL path(s) that include frequencies in such sub-bands can be received by both receivers. Further, in severe overload conditions, UE  180  can operate as a single receiver device, without reception on band α  146 . Such operation mode can be configured by UE  180  through one or more components therein, e.g., provisioning component  235 , or base station  160 . 
     In cell-center overload condition, UE  180  can be configured in operation mode I, also referred to as operation I, which can include at least one of the following: (i) MISO operation with a single receiver tuned to band β  144 . Two or more DL data streams are delivered through respective transmit paths toward the single receiver in UE  180 . In an aspect, redundant data can be delivered from the multiple transmit paths to the single receive path. In another aspect, data or control can be divided among the multiple DL paths. In MISO mode, scheduler component  725  can exploit suitable interleaving and coding schemes to achieve communication gains, such as array diversity gains, over SISO operation mode. (ii) Asymmetric multicarrier spreading with incorporation of one or more disparate bands unaffected by high power broadcast signal; e.g., bands that are spectrally separated from D  131  and E  141 . Such operation can be effected when UE  180  includes one or more receivers that can tune the one or more disparate bands; as an example, provisioning component  235  can activate the one or more receivers that enable asymmetric multicarrier spreading. The one or more receivers can collect at least a portion of DL transmissions, e.g., traffic or signaling, delivered to UE  180 . As an example, when UE  180  can tune AWS band(s), via the one or more activated receivers, base station  160  can schedule DL communication through band β  144  and AWS DL path(s). (iii) DL and UL telecommunication handoff to paired bands that are unaffected by high-power broadcast communication. 
     In non-overload conditions in middle-cell  870 , telecommunication can proceed in operation mode II, which includes at least one of the following: (a) MIMO spatial multiplexing utilizing frequency resources in band β  144 . (b) Asymmetric multicarrier telecommunication with band α  146  and band β  146  augmented by one or more disparate paired or unpaired sub-band(s) unaffected by overload caused by high-power broadcast; for instance, augmentation can include V DL    476  or T DL    478 , which can be embodied in AWS sub-band(s). Such multicarrier operation mode can be implemented when UE  180  includes receivers that can tune the disparate paired band. (c) DL and UL telecommunication handoff to disparate paired bands with implementation of operation in MIMO spatial multiplexing through radio resources in the disparate paired bands. As an example, the disparate paired bands can consist of a band that includes S DL    436  and T DL    438 , and a band that includes frequency block T DL    438 . As indicated above, such handoff can be effected, at least in part, via provisioning component  235 , based at least in part on at least one of signaling, e.g.,  753 , received from a base station, or autonomous determination by a mobile device that includes provisioning component  235 . In addition, to implement mode of operation (c), the mobile device has to include suitable receivers with respective filters therein. 
     In non-overload condition in cell edge  880 , telecommunication is effected in operation mode III, which includes MIMO transmit diversity telecommunication with SFBC that exploits PRBs consisting of sub-carriers in band α  146  (e.g., blocks A DL    115 , B DL    119 , and C DL    123 ) and band β  144  (e.g., B DL    119  and C DL    123 ). Such MIMO telecommunication can exploit two or more transmit path(s) when base station  160  includes more than two antennas (e.g., P&gt;2), and the two receive paths associated with band α  146  and band β  146 . 
       FIG. 9  illustrates an example middle-cell overload scenario and related telecommunication mode(s) of user equipment in accordance with aspects described herein. In example diagram  900 , base station  160  and broadcast tower  170  reside, respectively, at center and a middle cell location of coverage cell  155 . Base station  160  delivers data or control through sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119  and C DL    123 , while broadcast tower  170  transmits signal in bands D  131  and E  141 . Power of wireless signal transmitted from base station  160  or broadcast tower  170  decrease with increasing. Shaded panels  952  and  954  in diagram  950  represent the decreasing power of propagated wireless signal with increasing distance from broadcasting tower  170  and base station  160 , respectively, in the same manner as described above. Cell-center, middle-cell, and cell-edge regions also can be defined as described above. 
     In view of the illustrated deployment of broadcast transmit tower  170 , user equipment  180  is likely to operate in overload condition within middle cell region  970 . In such scenario, UE  180  communication is operation mode I described supra. In non-overload conditions in cell center  960  and cell edge  980 , UE  180  communicates, respectively, in operation mode II and operation mode III as previously described. 
       FIG. 10  illustrates an example cell-edge overload scenario and related telecommunication mode(s) of user equipment in accordance with aspects described herein. In example diagram  1000 , base station  160  and broadcast tower  170  reside, respectively, at center and a cell edge location of coverage cell  155 . Base station  160  delivers data or control through sub-bands A DL    115 , B DL    119  and C DL    123 , while broadcast tower  170  transmits signal in bands D  131  and E  141 . Power of wireless signal transmitted from base station  160  or broadcast tower  170  decreases with increasing distance from the base station  160  or the broadcast tower  170 . Shaded panels  1052  and  1054  in diagram  1050  represent the decreasing power of propagated wireless signal with increasing distance from broadcasting tower  170  and base station  160 , respectively, in the same manner as described above. Cell-center, middle-cell, and cell-edge regions also can be defined as described above. 
     In view of the illustrated deployment of broadcast transmit tower  170  at cell edge location A, user equipment  180  is likely to operate in overload condition when in proximity to location A, e.g., cell edge  1080 . In such scenario, UE  180  communication is operation mode IV, which includes at least one of (1) one or more of features (i), (ii), or (iii) of operation mode I described above, or (2) DL power boosted asymmetrical multicarrier spreading described below. In non-overload conditions in cell center  1060  and middle cell  1070 , UE  180  communicates, respectively, in operation mode II and operation mode III as previously described. 
     Feature (2) in operation mode IV can be employed in cases UE  180  is particularly prone to overload from a sub-band utilized for broadcasting wireless signal linked to a specific wireless service. Downlink power boost includes establishment of a high-power DL carrier within a band, e.g., AWS band, that is unaffected by broadcasted wireless signal in order to compensate for region of spectrum not employed due to overload conditions. In such case, an UL band paired to the band that includes a sub-band spectrally adjacent to a sub-band allowed for broadcast, can be configured for anchor carrier and control data such as signaling  753 . The UL band can be the frequency band consisting of A UL    105 , B UL    109  and C UL    113 . For DL communication, the established high-power downlink carrier, e.g., an AWS DL carrier, can be exploited to deliver substantially all or all downlink user data. It is noted that the UL band, e.g., frequency band consisting of A UL    105 , B UL    109 , and C UL    113 , which can be embodied in the lower 700 MHz paired uplink band, can offset the path imbalance, e.g., stronger DL than UL, originated from the configuration and utilization of the high-power DL carrier. 
     In view of the example systems described above, example methods that can be implemented in accordance with the disclosed subject matter can be better appreciated with reference to flowcharts in  FIGS. 11-17 . For purposes of simplicity of explanation, example methods disclosed herein are presented and described as a series of acts; however, it is to be understood and appreciated that the claimed subject matter is not limited by the order of acts, as some acts may occur in different orders and/or concurrently with other acts from that shown and described herein. For example, a methodology disclosed herein can alternatively be represented as a series of interrelated states or events, such as in a state diagram. Moreover, interaction diagram(s) or call flow(s) can represent example methods in accordance with the disclosed subject matter when disparate entities enact disparate portions of the example methods. Furthermore, not all illustrated acts may be required to implement a method in accordance with the subject specification. Further yet, two or more of the disclosed example methods can be implemented in combination with each other, to accomplish one or more features or advantages herein described. It should be further appreciated that the example methods disclosed throughout the subject specification can be stored on an article of manufacture, or computer-readable medium, to facilitate transporting and transferring such methods to computers for execution, and thus implementation, by a processor or for storage in a memory. 
       FIG. 11  presents a flowchart of an example method  1100  for operating a mobile device with one or more receivers in accordance with aspects described herein. A base station or a network management component, such as a radio network controller, can enact the subject example method. In an aspect, one or more processors (e.g., processor(s)  745 ) functionally coupled to the base station or the network management component, and that execute code instructions retained in memory to provide functionality to the base station or the network management component, can enact this example method  1100  through execution of at least such instructions. At act  1110 , a set of receivers is provisioned. Each receiver includes a filter that tunes a portion of the electromagnetic (EM) radiation spectrum. The filter can be one of a static band-pass filter or an agile band-pass filter. Agile filters can adjust the band-pass spectral response based at least in part on at least one of external operational condition(s) or an applied external control field or parameter. At act  1120 , channel state information (CSI) is received from at least one of the provisioned receivers. Channel state information can include radio link quality metrics such as one or more of received signal strength indicators (RSSIs), received signal code power (RSCP), carrier-over-interference (C/I), carrier-over-noise (C/N), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal-to-noise-and-interference ratio (SNIR), or energy per chip over total received power (E c /N 0 ). CSI also includes an estimation of one or more channel gain matrix elements h μν , as described supra. At act  1130 , radio resources are configured based at least in part on at least one of received CSI or tuning capability of one or more receivers in the set of provisioned receivers. Thus, in addition or as an alternative to architectural constraints, telecommunication is scheduled or adjusted in a closed-loop scheme with CSI feedback at the base station or the one or more network management component that enact the subject example method. Received CSI can enable determination of overload operational condition(s) at the source of the received CSI. Configuration of radio resources in overload conditions can include at least one of (i) selection or generation of precoding coefficients for MIMO weighting; (ii) scheduling of MIMO spatial multiplexing or MIMO transmit diversity mode of operation; and (iii) allocation of physical resource blocks based at least in part on sub-carriers in a telecommunication band spectrally shifted with respect to a band that causes at least part of the overloaded operation. 
       FIG. 12  is a flowchart of an example method  1200  for operating user equipment with at least two receivers in accordance with aspects described herein. A base station or a network management component, such as a radio network controller, can enact the subject example method. In an aspect, one or more processors (e.g., processor(s)  645 ) functionally coupled to the base station or the network management component, and that execute code instructions retained in memory to provide functionality to the base station or the network management component, can enact this example method  1200  through execution of at least such instructions. At act  1210 , a first receiver is provisioned, the first receiver includes a filter that tunes a first portion of the EM radiation spectrum. At act  1220 , a second receiver is provisioned, the second receiver comprises a filter that tunes a second portion of the EM radiation spectrum. At  1230 , overload operation conditions are probed on at least one of the first or second receiver. In an aspect overload conditions can be probed through analysis of DL CQI reports received from a mobile device, or through assessment of a rank estimator as described above. At act  1240 , communication is configured based at least in part on at least one of determined overload operation conditions, or available receiver specification(s) for a served mobile device. 
       FIG. 13  is a flowchart of an example method  1300  for configuring operation of a set of receivers according to aspects described herein. A device, mobile or otherwise, with wireless capability can affect the subject example method. In an aspect, one or more processors (e.g., processor(s)  275 ) functionally coupled to the device, and that executes code instructions retained in memory to provide functionality to the device, can implement this example method  1300  through execution of at least such instructions. At act  1310 , channel condition(s) are determined for each receiver in a set of one or more provisioned receivers. A component, e.g., CSI component  245 , within the device that enacts the subject example method can determine the channel condition(s), or radio link quality, as described herein. At act  1320 , the determined channel condition(s) for each receiver in the set of provisioned receivers are conveyed. Generally, the channel condition(s) are delivered to a based station that serves the device that implements the subject example method or belongs to an active set of base stations associated with the device. At act  1330 , operation of one or more of the receivers in the set of provisioned receivers is configured based at least in part on the determined channel condition(s). In a scenario, two receivers can be provisioned in an asymmetric configuration, e.g.,  400 , and utilized as a MIMO pair for spatial multiplexing or transmit diversity telecommunication. At act  1340 , an indication of configuration of the one or more of the receivers is delivered. An indication can be at least one of an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code, a SMS message, a reserved bit within a management, or control, frame or protocol data unit header, a multi-bit word conveyed in an uplink control channel, or the like. 
       FIG. 14  is a flowchart of an example method  1400  for establishing a telecommunication mode based at least in part on overload condition(s) of operation according to aspects of the subject application. A base station or a network management component, such as a radio network controller, can enact the subject example method. In an aspect, one or more processors (e.g., processor(s)  745 ) functionally coupled to the base station or the network management component, and that execute code instructions retained in memory to provide functionality to the base station or the network management component, can enact this example method  1400  through execution of at least such instructions. At act  1410 , a channel quality indicator (CQI) is obtained from a provisioned receiver in a device, which can be mobile or tethered. At act  1420 , it is determined if the CQI is above a first threshold. In the affirmative case, flow is directed to act  1430  in which it is probed whether current operation of the device is in overload condition(s). In the affirmative case, communication in non-overloaded condition(s) is restored at act  1440 . Conversely, in the negative case, flow is directed to act  1410  and a CQI is received. When outcome of act  1420  is negative, flow is directed to act  1450  in which it is established if CQI is below a first threshold and above a second threshold. Positive outcome leads to act  1460 , in which multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication is scheduled based at least in part on received CQI. Negative outcome of evaluation act  1450  leads to act  1470 , in which operation is switched to multiple-input single-output (MISO) operation. At act  1480 , MISO operation is enhanced. Enhancement is effected to mitigate performance sub-optimality associated with MISO operation. In an aspect, enhancement can be accomplished, at least in part, through at least on of transmit diversity, wherein a plurality of redundant data streams, e.g., P streams, are transmitted towards the single receiver in the device that operates in MISO mode; utilization of asymmetric multicarrier spreading, as described above; or implementation of power boost of downlink communication through ancillary bands in asymmetric multicarrier spreading. 
       FIG. 15  displays a flowchart of an example method for handing off telecommunication from a first region in the EM radiation spectrum to a second region therein according to features disclosed herein. While the subject example method is described in connection with channel quality indicator(s), other channel state information also can be exploited. A base station or a network management component, such as a radio network controller, can enact the subject example method. In an aspect, one or more processors (e.g., processor(s)  745 ) functionally coupled to the base station or the network management component, and that execute code instructions retained in memory to provide functionality to the base station or the network management component, can enact this example method  1500  through execution of at least such instructions. At act  1510 , channel quality indicator (CQI) from a first set of provisioned receivers in a device, mobile or pseudo-stationary. At act  1520 , it is determined if the obtained CQI is below a threshold, which can embody a criterion to discriminate amongst overloaded and non-overloaded operation of the device. In the affirmative case, flow is directed to act  1530  in which it is determined whether current operation of the device is in overload condition(s); overload operation can be indicated by an alphanumeric or logic variable retained in memory, e.g., in a configuration file that is part of configuration record(s)  291 . In the affirmative case, communication in non-overloaded condition(s) is restored at act  1540 . Conversely, in the negative case, flow is directed to act  1510 . When outcome of act  1520  is negative, the device operates in overload and flow is directed to act  1550  in which a second set of receivers in the device is provisioned, wherein each receiver in such second set tunes a portion of the EM radiation spectrum that is different from the region(s) of the EM radiation spectrum tuned by each receiver in the first set of provisioned receivers. At act  1560 , telecommunication with the device is handed off to an EM radiation spectrum region that is tuned by one or more filters within respective receivers in the second set of provisioned receivers. Telecommunication can include DL and UL transmission of data or signaling. Handover to the disparate spectrum region can mitigate overload of the device. 
     Example method  1500  can be re-enacted to monitor operation conditions of the device when telecommunication is effected at least in part through the second set of provisioned receivers and associated filters. In such a case, the second set of provisioned receivers is adopted as the first set of provisioned receivers. 
       FIG. 16  presents a flowchart of an example method  1600  for employing a dedicated receiver for one or more applications according to aspects described herein. A device, mobile or otherwise, with wireless capability can affect the subject example method  1600 . In an aspect, one or more processors (e.g., processor(s)  275 ) functionally coupled to the device, and that executes code instructions retained in memory to provide functionality to the device, can implement this example method  1600  through execution at least such code instructions. At act  1610 , an application is launched. At act  1620 , it is evaluated if the application is associated with a dedicated player. As an example, broadcasted Internet Protocol television can utilize a specific receiver that includes a filter that tunes a portion of the EM radiation spectrum in which the IPTV signal is broadcasted (see, e.g.,  FIG. 1 ). The dedicated player can include at least one of one or more processor that execute the launched application, or a set of antennas and receivers, wherein each receiver in the set of receivers includes at least one filter and one amplifier. When the launched application lacks a dedicated player, flow is directed to act  1630 , in which the apparatus that launches the application is operated in accordance with an existing receiver configuration. Conversely, positive outcome of act  1620  leads to act  1640 , in which at least one of the application traffic or signaling is configured to be received through a set of receivers wherein each receiver can tune a portion of the EM radiation spectrum that is utilized for delivery of the application traffic or signaling (see, e.g.,  FIG. 4B ). The tuned portions of the EM radiation spectrum can be distinct or fully or partially overlapping; see, e.g.,  FIG. 4B . Configuration can include activation of one or more receivers in the set of receivers, and signaling of such activation. At act  1650 , reception of data and control disparate from at least one of the application traffic or signaling is configured to be received via at least one receiver distinct from the set of receivers. One or more receivers in the set of receivers that tune at least one of application traffic or signaling can collect wireless signal(s) in the same spectral region than the at least one receiver distinct from the set of receivers; see, e.g.,  FIG. 4B . Such configuration can enable communication in MIMO mode of operation when channel quality affords it, as described supra. 
       FIG. 17  presents a flowchart of an example method  1700  for communicating wirelessly through a set of provisioned receivers according to aspects described herein. A device, mobile or otherwise, with wireless capability can affect the subject example method  1700 . In an aspect, one or more processors (e.g., processor(s)  275 ) functionally coupled to the device, and that execute code instructions retained in memory to provide functionality to the device, can implement this example method  1700  through execution of at least such code instructions. At act  1710 , a radio resource (RR) grant is secured. The radio resource can include specific PRBs composed of selected sub-carrier sets, as described supra. The RR can be granted by a base station that serves the device that enacts the subject method. Allocation of radio resource(s) can be based at least in part on channel state information, as described hereinbefore. At act  1720 , an indication of a mode of operation is received. In an aspect, the mode of operation can include at least one of MIMO, MISO, asymmetric-carrier spreading, or the like. The indication can be received via signaling delivered in a control channel or in management packet(s). At act  1730 , it is determined if the RR is compatible with a current configuration of a set of provisioned receivers, which can reside within the device, mobile or otherwise, that enacts the subject example method. For instance, a receiver configuration can detect wireless signal(s) in specific frequency blocks that exclude or include PRBs that are part of the RR. A negative determination leads to act  1740 , in which exception handling is affected. In an aspect, exception handling can be active and can include generating a new configuration of the set of provisioned receivers, wherein the new configuration is compatible with the RR grant. A provisioning component, e.g.,  235 , can generate, at least in part, the new configuration. Upon generation of the new configuration, flow can be directed to act  1750 . In another aspect, exception handling at act  1740  can be passive and can comprise signaling an indication of the current configuration, and delivering an error message that conveys incompatibility amongst such configuration and the received RR. Conversely, a positive determination at act  1730  results in communication in accordance at least in part with at least one of the received RR or the indicated mode of operation at act  1750 . 
       FIG. 18  displays an example wireless communication environment  1800  that can enable, at least in part, various aspects or features of the subject application. A macro network platform  1810  which serves, or enables communication with user equipment  1875  (e.g., mobile device  210 ) via a macro radio access network (RAN)  1872 . It should be appreciated that in cellular wireless technologies (e.g., 3GPP UMTS, HSPA, 3GPP LTE, 3GPP UMTS, 3GPP2 UMB), macro network platform  1810  is embodied in a Core Network. RAN  1872  includes base station(s), or access point(s), and its associated electronic circuitry and deployment site(s), in addition to a wireless radio link operated in accordance with the base station(s). RAN  1872  can adopt disparate embodiments based at least in part on specific radio technology: A 3GPP UMTS RAN can include a set of radio network controllers (RNCs), each functionally connected to a set of one or more base station, with the RNCs mutually functionally connected and functionally connected to macro network platform  1810 ; while a 3GPP LTE RAN does not include RNCs, with associated functionality effected by deployed Node Bs which are functionally connected to macro network platform  1810 . 
     Generally, macro network platforms  1810  include components, e.g., nodes, gateways, interfaces, servers, or platforms, that enable both packet-switched (PS) (e.g., internet protocol (IP), frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)) and circuit-switched (CS) traffic (e.g., voice and data) and control generation for networked wireless communication. In an aspect of the subject application, macro network platform  1810  includes CS gateway node(s)  1812  which can interface CS traffic received from legacy networks like telephony network(s) (NW(s))  1840  (e.g., public switched telephone network (PSTN), or public land mobile network (PLMN)) or a SS7 (signaling system #7) network  1860 . Circuit switched gateway  1812  can authorize and authenticate traffic (e.g., voice) arising from such networks. Additionally, CS gateway  1812  can access mobility, or roaming, data generated through SS7 network  1860 ; for instance, mobility data stored in a visitor location register (VLR), which can reside in memory  1830 . Moreover, CS gateway node(s)  1812  interfaces CS-based traffic and signaling and gateway node(s)  1818 . As an example, in a 3GPP UMTS network, PS gateway node(s)  1818  can be embodied in gateway GPRS support node(s) (GGSN). 
     In addition to receiving and processing CS-switched traffic and signaling, PS gateway node(s)  1818  can authorize and authenticate PS-based data sessions with served (e.g., through macro RAN) wireless devices. Data sessions can include traffic exchange with networks external to the macro network platform  1810 , such as wide area network(s) (WANs)  1850 , enterprise networks  1870  (e.g., enhanced  911 ), or service NW(s)  1880 , which can include IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) deployments. It should be appreciated that local area network(s) (LANs), which may be a part of enterprise NW(s)  1870 , also can be interfaced with macro network platform  1810  through PS gateway node(s)  1818 . Packet-switched gateway node(s)  1818  generates packet data contexts when a data session is established. To at least that end, in an aspect, PS gateway node(s)  1818  can include a tunnel interface (e.g., tunnel termination gateway (TTG) in 3GPP UMTS network(s); not shown) which can afford packetized communication with disparate wireless network(s), such as Wi-Fi networks. It should be further appreciated that the packetized communication can include multiple data flows that can be generated through server(s)  1814 . It is to be noted that in 3GPP UMTS network(s), PS gateway node(s)  1818  (e.g., GGSN) and tunnel interface (e.g., TTG) comprise a packet data gateway (PDG). Communication of information, e.g., data or signaling, amongst macro network platform  1810  and external network(s)  1840 - 1880  can be effected through reference links, conventional links, or a combination thereof. Features or characteristics of such links dictated primarily by the type of communication-switching, e.g., CS or PS, of the external networks. 
     Macro network platform  1810  also includes serving node(s)  1816  that convey to RAN  1872 , and elements therein, the various packetized flows of information, or data streams, received through PS gateway node(s)  1818 . As an example, in a 3GPP UMTS network, serving node(s)  1816  can be embodied in serving GPRS support node(s) (SGSN). 
     In an aspect, server(s)  1814  in macro network platform  1810  can execute numerous applications (e.g., location services, online gaming, wireless banking, wireless device management . . . ) that generate multiple disparate packetized data streams or flows, and manage (e.g., schedule, queue, format . . . ) such flows. Such application(s), for example can include add-on features to standard services provided by macro network platform  1810 . Data streams can be conveyed to PS gateway node(s)  1818  for authorization/authentication and initiation of a data session, and to serving node(s)  1816  for communication thereafter. Server(s)  1814  also can effect security, e.g., implement one or more firewalls; Authorization, Authentication, and Accounting; RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Services) and Diameter authentication, Network Access Server (NAS); or the like, of macro network platform  1810  to ensure secure network operation and data integrity in addition to authorization and authentication procedures that CS gateway node(s)  1812  and PS gateway node(s)  1818  can enact. Moreover, server(s)  1814  can provision services from external network(s), e.g., WAN  1850 , or Global Positioning System (GPS) network(s), which can be a part of enterprise NW(s)  1880 . It is to be noted that server(s)  1814  can include one or more processor configured to confer at least in part the functionality of macro network platform  1810 . To that end, the one or more processor can execute code instructions stored in memory  1830 , for example. 
     In example wireless environment  1800 , memory  1830  stores information related to operation of macro network platform  1810 . Information can include business data associated with subscribers; market plans and strategies, e.g., promotional campaigns, business partnerships; operational data for mobile devices served through macro network platform; service and privacy policies; end-user service logs for law enforcement; and so forth. Memory  1830  can also store information from at least one of telephony network(s)  1840 , WAN  1850 , SS7 network  1860 , enterprise NW(s)  1870 , or service NW(s)  1880 . 
     Memory  1830  can retain additional information relevant to operation of the various components of macro network platform  1810 . For example, operational information that can be stored in memory  1830  can comprise, but is not limited to, subscriber intelligence; contracted services; maintenance and service records; femtocell configuration (e.g., devices served through RAN  1872 ; authorized subscribers associated with one or more deployed femto APs); service policies and specifications; privacy policies; add-on features; so forth. Memory  1830  also can embody one or more of a home location register, a visitor location register, a subscriber database, portions of storage elements associated with external networks  1840 - 1880 , mass storage for backend systems, or the like. 
     Aspects, features, or advantages of the subject application described in the subject specification can be exploited in substantially any wireless communication technology. For instance, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Enhanced GPRS, 3GPP LTE, 3GPP2 UMB, 3GPP UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE Advanced. Additionally, substantially all aspects of the subject application as disclosed in the subject specification can be exploited in legacy telecommunication technologies; e.g., GSM. 
     As it employed in the subject specification, the term “processor” or “processing unit” can refer to any computing processing unit or device comprising, but not limited to comprising, single-core processors; single-processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors; multi-core processors with software multithread execution capability; multi-core processors with hardware multithread technology; parallel platforms; and parallel platforms with distributed shared memory. Additionally, a processor can refer to an integrated circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic controller (PLC), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), a discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. Processors can exploit nano-scale architectures such as, but not limited to, molecular and quantum-dot based transistors, switches and gates, in order to optimize space usage or enhance performance of user equipment. A processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing processing units. 
     In the subject specification, terms such as “store,” “data store,” data storage,” “database,” and substantially any other information storage component relevant to operation and functionality of a component, refer to “memory components,” or entities embodied in a “memory” or components comprising the memory. It will be appreciated that the memory components described herein can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. 
     By way of illustration, and not limitation, nonvolatile memory can include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as synchronous RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM). Additionally, the disclosed memory components of systems or methods herein are intended to comprise, without being limited to comprising, these and any other suitable types of memory. 
     Various aspects or features described herein may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques. In addition, various aspects disclosed in the subject specification also can be implemented through program modules stored in a memory (e.g., memory  735  or memory  285 ) and executed by a processor (e.g., processor(s)  745 ), or other combination of hardware and software, or hardware and firmware. The term “article of manufacture” as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media. For example, computer-readable media can include but are not limited to including magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips . . . ), optical disks (e.g., compact disc (CD), digital versatile disc (DVD), blu-ray disc (BD) . . . ), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive . . . ). 
     What has been described above includes examples of systems and methods that provide advantages of the subject application. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the subject application, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the claimed subject matter are possible. Furthermore, to the extent that the terms “includes,” “has,” “possesses,” and the like are used in the detailed description, claims, appendices and drawings such terms are intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term “comprising” as “comprising” is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim.