Carrier selection for multiple antennas
First Claim
1. A communications receiver configured to receive one or more communication signals, wherein the one or more communication signals includes at least one of a single stream communications signal or a multiple stream communications signal, comprising:
- a multiple stream carrier detection module configured to determine if the one or more communication signals include the multiple stream communication signal and to provide a multiple stream indication signal indicative thereof;
a single stream carrier detection module configured to determine if the one or more communication signals include the single stream communication signal and to provide a single stream indication signal indicative thereof;
a switch module to select a corresponding one of the one or more communication signals based on one or more signal metrics of the one or more communication signals;
a multiple stream decoder module configured to decode the one or more communication signals when the multiple stream indication signal indicates that the multiple stream communication signal is present; and
a single stream decoder module configured to decode the corresponding one of the one or more communication signals when the single stream indication signal indicates that the single stream communication signal is present.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed to process a received single stream communication signal and/or a multiple stream communication. A communications receiver is configured to receive the received communication signal. A communications receiver determines whether the received communication signal includes a single stream communication signal or a multiple stream communication signal. The communications receiver determines whether a received communication signal complies with a known single stream communications standard. The communications receiver determines whether the received communication signal complies with a known multiple stream communications standard. The communications receiver decodes the received communication signal according to the known single stream communications standard upon determining the received communication includes the signal single stream communication signal. The communications receiver decodes the received communication signal according to the known multiple stream communications standard upon determining the received communication includes the multiple stream communication signal.
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1. A communications receiver configured to receive one or more communication signals, wherein the one or more communication signals includes at least one of a single stream communications signal or a multiple stream communications signal, comprising:
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a multiple stream carrier detection module configured to determine if the one or more communication signals include the multiple stream communication signal and to provide a multiple stream indication signal indicative thereof; a single stream carrier detection module configured to determine if the one or more communication signals include the single stream communication signal and to provide a single stream indication signal indicative thereof; a switch module to select a corresponding one of the one or more communication signals based on one or more signal metrics of the one or more communication signals; a multiple stream decoder module configured to decode the one or more communication signals when the multiple stream indication signal indicates that the multiple stream communication signal is present; and a single stream decoder module configured to decode the corresponding one of the one or more communication signals when the single stream indication signal indicates that the single stream communication signal is present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method to receive a single stream communications signal or a multiple stream communications signal from one or more communication signals, comprising:
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(A) determining if the one or more communication signals include the multiple stream communication signal and to provide a multiple stream indication signal indicative thereof; (B) determining if the one or more communication signals include the single stream communication signal and to provide a single stream indication signal indicative thereof; (C) selecting a corresponding one of the one or more communication signals based on one or more signal metrics of the one or more communication signals; (D) decoding the one or more communication signals when the multiple stream indication signal indicates that the multiple stream communication signal is present; and (E) decoding the corresponding one of the one or more communication signals when the single stream indication signal indicates that the single stream communication signal is present. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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