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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Method and apparatus for implementing signal quality metrics and antenna diversity switching control
Applicant:
Ibiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventors:
Brian W. Kroeger, Sykesville, MD (US);
Paul J. Peyla, Elkridge, MD (US);
Assignee:
iBiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04B 7/02 (2006.01); H04B 17/29 (2015.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0814 (2013.01); H04B 7/02 (2013.01); H04B 7/0805 (2013.01); H04B 17/29 (2015.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04L 1/20 (2013.01); H04L 27/2663 (2013.01); H04L 27/2678 (2013.01); H04H 2201/12 (2013.01); H04H 2201/18 (2013.01); H04H 2201/19 (2013.01); H04H 2201/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting the digital quality of a radio signal includes: receiving a radio signal including an analog modulated portion; digitally sampling an analog modulated portion of the radio signal to produce a plurality of samples; using a ratio between an average magnitude and an RMS magnitude of a block of the samples to compute an analog signal quality metric. Receivers that implement the method are also provided.