Patent ID: 8208886

Claim:
A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: in a single wireless device comprising an RF transmitter and an RF receiver integrated within a chip and a switching network configured to selectively couple antennas to the RF transmitter and RF receiver, receiving an RF signal from each of a plurality of different selected antenna configurations integrated in said single wireless device and external to said chip, each of said different selected antenna configurations comprising a plurality of antennas selected by said switching network, said different selected antenna configurations comprising a combination of antennas internal and external to an enclosure of the single wireless device; measuring a received signal strength of said received RF signal for each of said plurality of different selected antenna configurations; determining which of said plurality of different selected antenna configurations generates a received signal strength above a desired threshold based on said measuring; and transmitting and/or receiving subsequent RF signals utilizing one of said plurality of different selected antenna configurations that generates a received signal strength above said desired threshold based on said measuring.