Patent ID: 8818290

Claim:
Nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of dynamically adapting a receive diversity mode of a base station in a wireless communications network (network), the method comprising: monitoring a level of usage of a carrier that is received by the base station, wherein the base station is configurable to operate in a first receive diversity mode (first mode) and a second receive diversity mode (second mode), wherein the first mode provides a given amount of carrier capacity and the second mode provides a greater amount of carrier capacity than the first mode; when the base station is operating in the first mode, determining that the level of usage has reached a first threshold that is less than or equal to the given amount of carrier capacity of the first mode; and upon the level of usage reaching the first threshold, reconfiguring the base station to operate in the second mode that provides the greater amount of carrier capacity.