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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Renesas Mobile Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Janne Ari Olavi Aula, Haukipudas, FI;
Mads Hintz-Madsen, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/0206 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a wireless modem which comprises a first receiver and a second receiver it is detected whether or not user data transmission is taking place. If user data transmission is detected, a second channel quality value is continuously estimated using the second receiver. If no user data transmission is detected, the second receiver is shut off, a first channel quality value is continuously estimated using the first receiver, and the second channel quality value of the second receiver is continuously estimated using the first channel quality value estimated by the first receiver.