Patent ID: 8682256

Claim:
A method for managing a plurality of antennas on user equipment, the method comprising: monitoring the plurality of antennas to identify a data packet of a plurality of data from signals received from one or more base stations; and responsive to identifying the data packet, powering more than one of the plurality of antennas to measure signal quality, wherein the signal quality comprises a power level of each of the plurality of antennas and a correlation of the plurality of antennas, responsive to identifying the data packet, setting a connection status to active; responsive to the connection status being active, determining whether the correlation of the plurality of antennas is greater than a threshold responsive to the correlation being greater than the threshold, providing power to a single antenna of the plurality of antennas with the strongest power level to receive data, wherein each of the plurality of antennas is capable of being powered on or powered off to receive signals from the one or more base stations.