ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE SELECTION DIVERSITY METRIC FOR OFDM
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Abstract
Described herein is an apparatus for inclusion in a station of a wireless network, and a method implemented in a station of a wireless network. The method includes wirelessly receiving data via each of a plurality of antennas, the data corresponding to a packet of information transmitted from a remote station, sampling the received data corresponding to the received packet to form data samples for each of the antennas, and determining a measure of signal quality from samples of the received data for each of the antennas. The method further includes selecting one of the plurality of receive antennas as the antenna for receiving from the remote station according to the determined measure of signal quality.
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50 Claims
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1-3. -3. (canceled)
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4. A method in a station of a wireless network, the method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving data via each of a plurality of antennas, the data corresponding to a packet of information transmitted from a remote station;
sampling the received data corresponding to the received packet to form data samples;
determining a measure of signal quality from samples of the received data for each of the antennas; and
selecting one of the plurality of receive antennas as the antenna for receiving from the remote station, the selecting according to the determined measure of signal quality, wherein the determining of the measure of signal quality is prior to carrying out automatic gain control (AGC) for the data corresponding to the packet, and wherein the determining of the measure of signal quality includes determining a measure of the relative EVM from samples of the received data corresponding to part of the packet - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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20. An apparatus for inclusion in a station of a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of antennas;
a selector to select one of the plurality of antennas;
a radio receiver coupled to one of the plurality of antennas via the selector, the receiver to wirelessly receive data corresponding to a packet of information transmitted from a remote station, the receiver including an analog-to-digital converter producing data samples of signals received at the station from the remote station corresponding to the packet;
a signal quality calculator coupled to the receiver to determine a measure of the received signal quality from samples of the received data from the remote station; and
an antenna controller coupled to the signal quality calculator and to the selector to select one of the antennas as the antenna for receiving from the remote station according to the calculated signal quality, wherein the signal quality calculator determines the measure of signal quality prior to automatic gain control (AGC) for the data corresponding to the packet, and wherein the determining of the measure of signal quality by the signal quality calculator includes determining a measure of the relative EVM from samples of the received data corresponding to part of the packet. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32)
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33-34. -34. (canceled).
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35. An apparatus in a station of a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
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means for wirelessly receiving data via each of a plurality of antennas, the data corresponding to a packet of information transmitted from a remote station;
means for sampling the received data corresponding to the received packet to form data samples;
means for determining a measure of signal quality from samples of the received data for each of the antennas; and
means for selecting one of the plurality of receive antennas as the antenna for receiving from the remote station, the selecting according to the determined measure of signal quality, wherein the determining of the measure of signal quality is prior to carrying out automatic gain control (AGC) for the data corresponding to the packet, and wherein the determining of the measure of signal quality includes determining a measure of the relative EVM from samples of the received data corresponding to part of the packet. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50)
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46-47. -47. (canceled)
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