Patent ID: 8793000

Claim:
A method for using an electronic device that has at least first and second antennas to monitor a wireless network for incoming paging signals, wherein the electronic device is operable in a single antenna mode in which only a single selected one of the first and second antennas is used in receiving incoming signals and a dual antenna mode in which both of the first and second antennas are simultaneously used, the method comprising: monitoring a paging channel for incoming paging signals while operating the electronic device in a current antenna mode selected from the single antenna mode and the dual antenna mode; and evaluating signal quality measurements using storage and processing circuitry in the electronic device to determine whether to change the current antenna mode for receiving subsequent incoming paging signals, wherein evaluating whether to switch the current antenna mode comprises evaluating an expression that includes a pilot channel signal strength, a total received signal strength, and a ratio of pilot channel strength to total signal strength, and wherein evaluating the expression comprises determining whether any of the pilot channel signal strength, the total received signal strength, and the ratio of pilot channel strength to total signal strength has exceeded a corresponding threshold.