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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Nagi A. Mansour, Arlington, VA (US);
Kafi I. Hassan, Fairfax, VA (US);
Nawara Omary, Vienna, VA (US);
Inventors:
Nagi A. Mansour, Arlington, VA (US);
Kafi I. Hassan, Fairfax, VA (US);
Nawara Omary, Vienna, VA (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A signal is received at a plurality of antennas of a wireless device, and a signal strength indicator is calculated for the signal received at each of the plurality of antennas. From the plurality of antennas, a subset of antennas associated with the highest signal strength indicators are selected, and maximum ratio combining is performed on the signals received by the selected subset of antennas.