Patent ID: 8862073

Claim:
A configurable antenna structure comprises: a plurality of switches; a plurality of antenna components that include at least one of: a plurality of antenna elements, wherein an antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements has an element frequency range, an element bandwidth, an element gain within the element bandwidth, and an element radiation pattern; and a plurality of phase shift elements; and a configuration module operable to configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a first antenna with antenna properties corresponding to a multiple frequency band multiple standard (MFBMS) mask, the configuration module further operable to: when a MFBMS signal is received by the first antenna, identify a signal component of interest within the MFBMS signal; and configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a second antenna based on the identified 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.