Patent ID: 7778616

Claim:
A method of processing signals in a wireless receiver, comprising: for each one of a plurality of test gain values utilized for an amplifier of the wireless receiver during a gain determination mode of operation, repeating the following acts during one or more unassigned receive time slots which are not assigned to the wireless receiver for communications: receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal during one of the unassigned receive time slots; amplifying the received RF signal with a gain G; producing a baseband signal from the amplified RF signal; producing a signal-to-interference (S/I) ratio from the baseband signal; selecting a gain G corresponding to a maximum S/I ratio that is produced during the gain determination mode of operation; setting and maintaining the amplifier of the wireless receiver with the selected gain G corresponding to the maximum S/I ratio during one or more assigned received time slots assigned to the wireless receiver for communications; and while the amplifier is maintained with the selected gain G during the one or more assigned received slots, operating the wireless receiver in a normal receiving mode of operation to receive information.