System and method for radio communication

A failsafe method for a radio communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of antennas, a plurality of radios configured to communicate over the plurality of antennas, a switch assembly including a control device, and a controller coupled to the switch assembly, the control device including a first circuitry portion and a second circuitry portion, the switch assembly being configured to selectively couple the plurality of radios to the plurality of antennas based on an antenna connection scheme;
• providing a plurality of control signals to the control device of the switch assembly, the plurality of control signals identifying a selected antenna connection scheme for coupling each radio to at least one antenna;
• executing a first algorithm with the first circuitry portion to produce a first output, the first algorithm being based on the plurality of control signals;
• providing a first antenna connection scheme with the first output;
• executing a second algorithm with the second circuitry portion to produce a second output, the second algorithm being based on the plurality of control signals;
• providing a second antenna connection scheme with the second output;
• comparing the first output and the second output;
• and
• implementing a default antenna connection scheme upon the first antenna connection scheme provided with the first output being different from the second antenna connection scheme provided with the second output.

A method of selectively coupling radios to antennas in a radio communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of antennas, a plurality of radios configured to communicate over the plurality of antennas, a switch assembly including a programmable device, and a controller configured to provide a plurality of control inputs to the programmable device of the switch assembly, the plurality of control inputs cooperating to form a control input pattern representative of an antenna configuration, the switch assembly being configured to selectively couple each radio to at least one antenna based on the antenna configuration;
• receiving an antenna map including a plurality of case statements, each case statement associating an antenna configuration with a control input pattern, the antenna map being linked to a source code for programming the programmable device of the switch assembly, the source code providing the plurality of case statements of the antenna map to the programmable device, the source code including an identifier;
• modifying a first case statement of the antenna map, the first case statement associating a first antenna configuration with a first control input pattern, the modifying step including modifying at least one of the first antenna configuration and the first control input pattern;
• automatically updating the source code with the modified first case statement upon modifying the first case statement, the updating step including modifying the identifier of the source code;
• reconfiguring the programmable device with the updated source code based on the modified identifier of the updated source code;
• implementing the first antenna configuration with the programmable device based on the modified first case statement;
• and
• communicating between the plurality of radios and the plurality of antennas according to the first antenna configuration;
• wherein the implementing step includes providing a plurality of control inputs to the programmable device having a control input pattern representative of the first antenna configuration;
• wherein the programmable device includes a first circuitry portion and a second circuitry portion, wherein the implementing step further includes the steps of executing a first algorithm with the first circuitry portion to produce a first output and executing a second algorithm with the second circuitry portion to produce a second output, the first and second algorithms being based on the plurality of control signals, the first output identifying a second antenna configuration and the second output identifying a third antenna configuration.