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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu, TW;
Tsung-Hsuan Lee, Taipei, TW;
Chung-Yao Chang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu, TW;
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus for coupling to a multi-antenna module comprising a plurality of antennas, the wireless communication apparatus includes: a switching circuit, arranged for selectively changing the connected relations of the plurality of antennas according to a switching signal, so as to make the multi-antenna module generating a plurality of antenna combinations; and a receiving module, coupled to the switching circuit, including: a signal intensity measurement circuit, arranged for measuring signal intensity of a wireless packet received through the plurality of antenna combinations, so as to generate a plurality of measurement results; and an antenna switching determination circuit, during a training state, arranged for choosing a first comparison group comprising at least two antenna combinations from the plurality of antenna combinations for receiving the wireless packet, and determining a better antenna combination according to measurement results of the first comparing group.