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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ning He, San Diego, CA (US);

Hongbo Yan, Vista, CA (US);

Daniel Fred Filipovic, Solana Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H04B 1/44 (2013.01); H04B 7/0404 (2013.01); H04B 7/0602 (2013.01); H04B 7/0608 (2013.01); H04B 7/0802 (2013.01); H04B 7/0814 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04W 76/027 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for antenna switching for simultaneous communication. In one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a plurality of receive circuits including a first receive circuit. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a controller configured to determine one or more performance characteristics of the first antenna over a plurality of sources. The controller is further configured to selectively switch the first receive circuit from receiving wireless communications via the first antenna to receive wireless communications via the second antenna if the one or more performance characteristics of the first antenna over the plurality of sources fall simultaneously. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.


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