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Error vector magnitude selection diversity metric for OFDM

US6922549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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39Claims
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Filing dateOct 31, 2003
Grant dateJul 26, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/082
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Describe herein is an apparatus for inclusion in a station of a wireless network, and a method implemented in a station of a wireless network. The method includes wirelessly receiving data via each of a plurality of antennas, the data corresponding to a packet of information transmitted from a remote station, sampling the received data corresponding to the received packet to form data samples for each of the antennas, and determining a measure of signal quality from samples of the received data for each of the antennas. The method further includes selecting one of the plurality of receive antennas as the antenna for receiving from the remote station according to the determined measure of signal quality.

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