Back to results
US 8,014,744 B1Granted
Antenna diversity system and method
AssigneeMarvell International Ltd.
InventorsMilind Kopikare, Brian Bosso, Partho Mishra
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeMarvell International Ltd.
InventorsMilind Kopikare, Brian Bosso, Partho Mishra
Estimating the term…
A wireless network device includes a plurality of antennas for transmitting and receiving data packets. An antenna diversity module measures at least one of an average signal-to-noise ratio and a packet error rate associated with the data packets and selects a given antenna of the plurality of antennas based on at least one of the average signal-to-noise ratio and the packet error rate. The antenna diversity module measures a first average signal-to-noise ratio or a first packet error rate while utilizing a first antenna of the plurality of antennas, measures a second average signal-to-noise ratio or a second packet error rate while utilizing a second antenna of the plurality of antennas, and selects the given antenna based at least in part on a comparison of the first average signal-to-noise ratio to the second average signal-to-noise ratio or a comparison of the first packet error rate to the second packet error rate.
A wireless network device, comprising:
A method for operating a wireless network device, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium that stores a computer program for operating a wireless network device, the computer program comprising instructions executable by a processor for:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.