Patent ID: 8478335

Claim:
A failsafe system for a radio communication system, the failsafe system including: a plurality of antennas; a plurality of radios configured to communicate a radio signal over the plurality of antennas; a switch assembly including a control device and a plurality of switches in communication with the control device, the switch assembly being configured to selectively couple the plurality of radios to the plurality of antennas based on an antenna connection scheme, the control device including a first circuitry portion and a second circuitry portion; a controller coupled to the switch assembly and configured to provide a plurality of control signals to the control device of the switch assembly, the plurality of control signals identifying an antenna connection scheme for coupling each radio to at least one antenna, the control device being configured to implement the identified antenna connection scheme based on the plurality of control signals, wherein the control signals are received by the first circuitry portion and the second circuitry portion of the control device, the first circuitry portion being configured to produce a first output based on the control signals, the second circuitry portion being configured to produce a second output based on the control signals, the first output being configured to identify a first antenna connection scheme and the second output being configured to identify a second antenna connection scheme, wherein the switch assembly implements a default antenna connection scheme upon the first antenna connection scheme identified with the first output being different from the second antenna connection scheme identified with the second output.