Systems and Methods for Opportunistic Antenna Selection

An electronic device comprising:

• a plurality of antennas comprising a first antenna and a second antenna;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of antennas, wherein the processor is configured to:
• determine a measurement gap during normal operation of the electronic device, wherein the electronic device ceases the normal operation of the electronic device in the measurement gap;
• determine a first set of signal measurements of a cellular tower using the first antenna in the measurement gap;
• determine a second set of signal measurements of the cellular tower using the second antenna in the measurement gap;
• and
• execute a handover event to the cellular tower using the first antenna when the first set of signal measurements are better performing than the second set of signal measurements.

A method for opportunistically selecting an antenna of an electronic device to connect to a cellular tower comprising:

• connecting, via a processor, to a first cellular tower operating at a first frequency using a first antenna of the electronic device;
• receiving, via the processor, an indication of a handover event to a second cellular tower operating at a second frequency, wherein the first antenna does not operate at the second frequency;
• determining, via the processor, a set of signal measurements of the second cellular tower for each antenna of the electronic device that is capable of operating at the second frequency;
• and
• executing, via the processor, a handover to the second cellular tower using the antenna associated with the best performing set of signal measurements.