Method and apparatus for management of multi-carrier communications in a wireless communication system
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsLorenzo Casaccia, Durga Prasad Malladi
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Abstract
A method and apparatus manages resources in a wireless communication system by transmitting a multi-carrier switch command message to an access terminal instructing the access terminal to switch between a diversity mode where each antenna module of a plurality antenna modules receives a single carrier signal transmitted at a single carrier frequency and a multi-carrier mode where a first antenna module of the plurality antenna modules receives a first multi-carrier signal transmitted at a first carrier frequency and a second antenna module receives a second multi-carrier signals transmitted at a second carrier frequency.
Claims20
An access terminal comprising:
- a plurality of antennas;
- and
- a receiver including a plurality of receiver branches, wherein each receiver branch is connected to a particular antenna of the plurality of antennas, wherein each receiver branch is operable to be tuned to a corresponding carrier frequency,
- wherein the access terminal is operable in a receive diversity mode and is operable in a multi-carrier mode.
A method comprising:
- configuring an access terminal to operate in one of a receive diversity mode and a multi-carrier mode, wherein the access terminal includes a plurality of antennas and a plurality of receiver branches, wherein each receiver branch is connected to a particular antenna of the plurality of antennas;
- and
- tuning each receiver branch to a same carrier frequency when the access terminal is in the receive diversity mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- configure an access terminal to operate in one of a receive diversity mode and a multi-carrier mode, wherein the access terminal includes a plurality of antennas and a plurality of receiver branches, wherein each receiver branch is connected to a particular antenna of the plurality of antennas;
- and
- tune each receiver branch to a same carrier frequency when the access terminal is in the receive diversity mode.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for configuring an access terminal to operate in one of a receive diversity mode and a multi-carrier mode, wherein the access terminal includes a plurality of antennas and a plurality of receiver branches, wherein each receiver branch is connected to a particular antenna of the plurality of antennas;
- and
- means for tuning each receiver branch to a same carrier frequency when the access terminal is in the receive diversity mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.