Techniques for employing antenna switched diversity in wireless communications

An apparatus for using antenna-switched diversity (ASDIV) in wireless communications, comprising:

• a plurality of antennas for transmitting and receiving signals in wireless communications;
• a transceiver coupled with the plurality of antennas and including a radio frequency (RF) front end with a plurality of components for generating the signals, wherein the plurality of components include one or more ASDIV switches coupled to the plurality of antennas to enable switching between one or more of the plurality of antennas for transmitting and receiving the signals;
• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• communicate, via the transceiver, with a serving node using a serving radio access technology (RAT) and based on an ASDIV configuration, wherein the ASDIV configuration defines an antenna switching configuration including a state of one or more switches in an ASDIV switch group for switching between one or more antennas for the communicating based on sensing one or more parameters of the communicating;
• determine whether a target RAT supports operating using a same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT;
• and
• communicate, via the transceiver, with a target node using the target RAT and based on the ASDIV configuration where the target RAT operates using the same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT.

An apparatus for using antenna-switched diversity (ASDIV) in wireless communications, comprising:

• means for communicating with a serving node using a serving radio access technology (RAT) and based on an ASDIV configuration, wherein the ASDIV configuration defines an antenna switching configuration including a state of one or more switches in an ASDIV switch group for switching between one or more antennas for the communicating based on sensing one or more parameters of the communicating;
• means for determining whether a target RAT supports operating using a same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT;
• and
• means for communicating with a target node using the target RAT and based on the ASDIV configuration where the target RAT operates using the same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable code for using antenna-switched diversity (ASDIV) in wireless communications, the code comprising:

• code for communicating with a serving node using a serving radio access technology (RAT) and based on an ASDIV configuration, wherein the ASDIV configuration defines an antenna switching configuration including a state of one or more switches in an ASDIV switch group for switching between one or more antennas for the communicating based on sensing one or more parameters of the communicating;
• code for determining whether a target RAT supports operating using a same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT;
• and
• code for communicating with a target node using the target RAT and based on the ASDIV configuration where the target RAT operates using the same ASDIV switch group as the serving RAT.