Patent ID: 8909308

Claim:
An antenna swapping method for a wireless electronic device, comprising: receiving a measurement control message indicating measurement gap timing from a network at the wireless electronic device over a first antenna configuration; swapping from the first antenna configuration to a second antenna configuration, and measuring a performance characteristic of the second antenna configuration, at the indicated measurement gap timing; comparing the performance characteristic of the second antenna configuration with a performance characteristic of the first antenna configuration; transmitting an event signal from the wireless electronic device to the network in response to determining that the performance characteristic of the second antenna configuration exceeds the performance characteristic of the first antenna configuration; after transmitting the event signal, receiving a swap command from the network at the wireless electronic device indicating a time period for the wireless electronic device to swap from the first antenna configuration to the second antenna configuration; and swapping from the first antenna configuration to the second antenna configuration, at the indicated time period, and communicating with the network over the second antenna configuration.