Patent ID: 8064835

Claim:
A method comprising: assigning, through an antenna multiplexer coupled between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of operational radio subsystems in the multi-antenna device, a minimum number of antennas of the plurality of antennas to each of the plurality of operational radio subsystems, the plurality of operational radio subsystems being associated with respective plurality of receivers, wherein, before connection of any of the plurality of operational radio subsystems to any of the plurality of antennas, two or more of the plurality of operational radio subsystems in the multi-antenna device are prioritized relative to each other according to a prioritization scheme; assigning, through the antenna multiplexer, an additional antenna of the plurality of antennas to meet minimum performance criteria between a first operational radio subsystem subsystem of the plurality of operational radio subsystems and a corresponding receiver of the respective plurality of receivers according to the prioritization scheme; and assigning, through the antenna multiplexer, a remaining antenna of the plurality of antennas to a second operational radio subsystem of the plurality of operational radio subsystems.