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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael David Jager, Surrey, GB;
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Limited, Salo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method are described for selecting for subsequent use an antenna from a plurality of antennas. The selection is biased in favor of the antenna most likely to receive subsequent signals having best signal quality. In a preferred embodiment the signal quality comprises received signal strength.