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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:
May. 17, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Francis Ming-Meng Ngai, Louisville, CO (US);

Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar, San Diego, CA (US);

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

Donna Ghosh, San Diego, CA (US);

Christopher Gerard Lott, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0608 (2013.01); H04B 1/0053 (2013.01); H04B 1/44 (2013.01); H04B 7/0404 (2013.01); H04B 7/0602 (2013.01); H04B 7/0604 (2013.01); H04B 7/0802 (2013.01); H04B 7/0814 (2013.01); H04B 7/0817 (2013.01); H04B 7/0822 (2013.01); H04B 7/0834 (2013.01); H04W 36/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for mobile transmit diversity. In one aspect, a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a plurality of transmit circuits, each transmit circuit of the plurality of transmit circuits being configured to transmit according to a different radio access technology. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a controller configured to selectively switch each of the transmit circuits of the plurality of transmit circuits to transmit wireless communications via a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas based on priority levels of data for each of the transmit circuits and a detected operating mode of the wireless communication apparatus.


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