Intel Corporation

Sathish K Kumar

Sigang Qiu

David Cheung

Atul A Salvekar

Direct communication between devices in a wireless network without going through a base station is described herein. Such communication may be possible by deviating from a transmission map to be broadcasted by the base station of the wireless network.

Deviating from a transmission map to communicate in a wireless network

A method for switched diversity, including: determining, on a pair-wise basis, a plurality of comparative quality factors corresponding to at least two antennas based on signals received by the at least two antennas; filtering, over a period of time, multiple instances of at least one of the plurality of comparative quality factors; and selecting at least one of the signals to couple to at least one receiver chain based on the comparative quality factors.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Sathish K Kumar