Patent ID: 7286607

Claim:
A method of communicating digital signal information through diversity signaling with a constrained amount of transmission energy-per-bit available E tot , said method comprising the steps of: measuring channel noise N j and channel transmission loss g j on each of a first plurality of diversity channels; and transmitting said digital signal information from a first communications device on each of a second plurality J diversity channels, each with a channel energy allocation E j responsive to said measurements of channel noise N j and channel transmission loss g j ; wherein j is an integer such that 1≦j≦J; wherein said second plurality J diversity channels are selected from said first plurality of diversity channels, responsive to said measurements of channel noise N j and channel transmission loss g j wherein said second plurality J diversity channels are selected responsive to the function γ ( 1 + γ ) · ( 2 + γ ) , wherein γ is a non-negative number.