Patent ID: 8447348

Claim:
A configurable antenna structure comprises: a plurality of switches; a plurality of antenna components; and a configuration module operable to: configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a first antenna for receiving a multiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) signal to correspond with a MFBMS mask that includes the MFBMS signal; when the MFBMS signal is received, identify a signal component of interest of a plurality of signal components of interest within the MFBMS signal, wherein the signal component of interest corresponds to a standard of a plurality of standards, and wherein the plurality of standards span a plurality of frequency bands; and configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a second antenna to correspond with a second mask that includes the signal component of interest, wherein the second antenna has at least one of: a resonant frequency corresponding to a frequency of the signal component of interest and a directional radiation pattern based on the signal component of interest and wherein a frequency band of the second mask is a subset of a frequency band of the MFBMS mask.