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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/061 (2013.01); H04W 52/365 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/0413 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an example, a communication terminal is described including a plurality of antennas, a transceiver configured to receive a message indicating a first antenna of the plurality of antennas that the communication terminal is to use as transmission antenna and a controller configured to determine whether a second antenna of the plurality of antennas has, according to a predetermined performance measure, a higher transmission performance than the first antenna and to control the transceiver to use the second antenna for transmission based on whether it has a higher transmission performance than the first antenna.