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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Raymond C. Wallace, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Raymond C. Wallace, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System for diverse path antenna selection. A method is provided for receiving a signal in a communication device having first and second antennas. The method includes receiving a first version of the signal using the first antenna, and receiving a second version of the signal using the second antenna. The method also includes determining a first quality indicator and a second quality indicator associated with the first and second versions of the signal, respectively, and selecting one of the first and second versions of the signal to process based on the first and second quality indicators.