Patent ID: 8351862

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a diversity-based digital television receiver comprising a filter controller, a Maximum-Ratio Combining unit and at least first and second channel paths, wherein the first channel path comprises a first Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) reject filter, the second channel path comprises a second GSM reject filter, the second channel path is parallel to the first channel path, the Maximum-Ratio Combining unit is to combine a signal from the first channel path with a signal from the second channel path, the filter controller is to selectively switch an operational state of at least one of the first and second GSM reject filters upon detection of GSM interference, and wherein subsequent to selective activation of the first GSM reject filter, if a Bit Error Rate value of an output of the Maximum-Ratio Combining unit is greater than a threshold value, the filter controller is to activate the second GSM reject filter.