Patent ID: 8843123

Claim:
Apparatus, comprising: a receiver, which comprises at least first and second processing chains; and a processor, which is configured to select an operational mode for operating the receiver from a set of operational modes and to operate the receiver in accordance with the selected operational mode, wherein the set of the operational modes comprises: a first mode in which the first processing chain is configured to receive and demodulate serving cell signals from at least one serving cell that serves the apparatus, and the second processing chain is configured to receive and measure reception quality of signals from the one or more neighbor cells that do not serve the apparatus, while the first processing chain receives and demodulates the serving cell signals, and at least one of: a second mode in which both the first and the second processing chains are configured to simultaneously receive and demodulate the serving cell signals; and a third mode in which both the first and the second processing chains are configured to simultaneously receive and measure the signals from the one or more neighbor cells.