Patent ID: 8090381

Claim:
A radio receiver comprising: first and second antennas connected to a radio frequency processing circuitry by a radio frequency switch; and a radio frequency switch control in communication with the radio frequency switch, wherein the radio frequency switch control is a media access control processor that is synchronized with transmission of a base station, the radio frequency switch control for switching between the first and second antennas in response to a predefined schedule of a sequence of scheduled packet bursts, wherein the sequence of scheduled packet bursts is prescribed by a quality of service defined by a media access control protocol, wherein the predefined schedule is scheduled by the base station, wherein the sequence of scheduled packet bursts comprises a first signal burst received via the first antenna and a second signal burst received via the second antenna after the first signal burst, wherein the first signal burst and the second signal burst comprise identical packets of a common message, wherein an output of the radio receiver associated with the first signal burst is stored in a first buffer and an output of the radio receiver associated with the second signal burst is stored in a second buffer and wherein a representation of the common message is extracted by using a first symbol from the first buffer and a first symbol from the second buffer.