Patent ID: 7366473

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: N antenna elements; and a diversity control network, coupled to the N antenna elements, including N/2 signal processing paths that are dynamically coupled with a select subset of the N antenna elements in response to control input received via the signal processing paths to facilitate the transmission/reception of wireless signals, one or more signal processing paths of the diversity control network comprising: a switching element coupled with a subset of the N antenna elements, the switching element interconnected by one or more control lines with one or more additional switching elements; a coaxial cable, coupled with the switching element, and selectively coupled with one antenna of the subset of the N antenna elements in response to the received control input; and a control line, coupled with a center conductor of the coaxial cable, to receive control input from an external element, wherein the control input is applied to the switching element via the center conductor of the coaxial cable.