Adaptive receiver diversity (ard) with a low-power mode (lpm)

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for wireless communications. The method generally includes: selecting a rank of a plurality of ranks to be used for communication via at least one communication chain, the rank indicative of a number of active communication chains including the at least one communication chain, each of the plurality of ranks being associated with one or more modulation and coding scheme (MCS) thresholds used to transition between a low-power mode (LPM) or a high-performance mode (HPM); and configuring the at least one communication chain in the LPM or the HPM based on the rank and the one or more MCS thresholds associated with the rank.

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