System and method for selecting a transmission channel in a wireless communication system that includes an adaptive antenna array

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operation comprising:
• transmitting a signal, wherein the signal indicates reception of data;
• after the transmitting of the signal, receiving a list of acceptable transmission channels;
• identifying a list of preferred channels for communicating with a node, wherein the list of preferred channels is based on channel performance associated with a combining technique that comprises switched diversity combining and wherein the combining technique differs from an interference suppression technique;
• assigning a channel based on the list of preferred channels, to yield an assigned channel;
• transmitting the data on the assigned channel;
• and
• suppressing interference by applying an interference suppression technique that comprises minimum mean square error combining.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• transmitting a signal, wherein the signal indicates reception of data;
• after the transmitting of the signal, receiving a list of acceptable transmission channels;
• identifying a list of preferred channels for communicating with a node, wherein the list of preferred channels is based on channel performance associated with a combining technique that comprises switched diversity combining and wherein the combining technique differs from an interference suppression technique;
• assigning a channel based on the list of preferred channels, to yield an assigned channel;
• transmitting the data on the assigned channel;
• and
• suppressing interference by applying an interference suppression technique that comprises minimum mean square error combining.