Patent ID: 6961552

Claim:
A receiver, comprising: an input port for receiving wireless communication signals; amplification circuitry coupled to receive a wireless communication signal from the input port, the amplification circuit for amplifying the received signal, wherein the amplification circuitry is operable to: amplify the received signal to a first amplification level if no interference signals are detected having a signal strength that exceeds a first threshold value and a desired signal gain for the received signal is below a second threshold value; amplify the received signal to a second amplification level if an interference signal is detected having a signal strength that exceeds the first threshold value and the desired signal gain for the received signal is below the second threshold value; amplify the received signal to a third amplification level if a desired signal gain for the received signal is above the second threshold value; and down conversion circuitry, coupled to the amplifier circuitry, for down converting the amplified received signal.