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Systems, apparatus, and methods for arbitration of antenna switch configuration among different clients

  • US 8,942,772 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 01/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

  • a plurality of antennas;

    a plurality of radio access technology modules each configured to wirelessly communicate according to a radio access technology, each of the radio access technology modules comprising one or more communication circuits configured to transmit or receive wireless communications;

    a controller configured to selectively switch communication circuits of each of the radio access technology modules to transmit or receive wireless communications via a corresponding one or more of the plurality of antennas; and

    a switching manager configured to manage a plurality of switch configurations, each of the switch configurations defining a mapping between communications circuits of each of the radio access technology modules and the antennas, the switching manager further configured to;

    store a switch configuration of the plurality of switch configurations used for a first radio access technology module; and

    cause the controller to maintain the switch configuration of the antennas used for the first radio access technology module in place in response to a network handover,wherein the network handover is implemented from the first radio access technology module to a second radio access technology module using a different radio access technology than the first radio access technology module and maintaining the switch configuration of the antennas used for the first radio access technology module.

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