DECISION DIRECTED ANTENNA DIVERSITY IN RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVERS

• Main Authors: SADEK AHMED K, BALAMURTHI RAAMKUMAR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2012
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A white space sensing method includes receiving a signal on each of multiple antennas in an alternating fashion. The method also includes calculating feature metrics for incumbent signals on a given frequency channel for all antennas (e.g., pilot strength, luminance carrier strength (for NTSC)). The...