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Electronic devices, methods, and computer program products for selecting an antenna element based on a wireless communication performance criterion

  • US 8,804,560 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2012
  • Issued: 08/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of operating an electronic device, comprising:

  • providing a plurality of antenna elements;

    evaluating a wireless communication performance criterion to obtain a performance evaluation;

    assigning a first one of the plurality of antenna elements to a main wireless signal reception and transmission path and a second one of the plurality of antenna elements to a diversity wireless signal reception path based on the performance evaluation;

    determining whether first and second communication channels associated with the main wireless signal reception path and the diversity wireless signal reception path, respectively, have changed; and

    updating channel estimation models and/or multipath mitigation modules in a digital baseband signal processing section of the electronic device responsive to a determination that the first and second communication channels associated with the main wireless signal reception path and the diversity wireless signal reception path, respectively, have changed.

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