Patent ID: 8462868

Claim:
A multiple sub-carrier selection combining receiver for receiver for receiving a predetermined Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing frequency band containing a plurality of sub-bands comprising: a filter configured to receive signals in the predetermined Orthogonal Division Multiplexing frequency band sensed by each of a plurality of antennas, the filter implementing filtering to separately pass a plurality of separate portions of the predetermined Orthogonal Division Multiplexing frequency band from the each of the plurality of antennas: a selector and combiner configured to: evaluate output of said filter, select a signal sensed by one of the plurality of antennas for each of the separate portions of the predetermined Orthogonal Division Multiplexing frequency band and combine the selected signals in the (analog) domain to produce a combined signal covering the predetermined Orthogonal Division Multiplexing frequency band; a single analog to digital converter configured to convert the combined signal covering the predetermined Orthogonal Division Multiplexing frequency band; and a single discrete Fourier processor configured to receive the output of the single A/D converter.