US 11,750,248 B2
Antenna switch scheduling
Thawatt Gopal, San Diego, CA (US); Scott Hoover, Del Mar, CA (US); Defang Chen, San Diego, CA (US); and Sridhar Bandaru, Westminster, CO (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/670,426.
Application 17/670,426 is a continuation of application No. 16/557,783, filed on Aug. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,271,612.
Prior Publication US 2022/0166466 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/0404 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/24 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04B 7/0404 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0032 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 52/241 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication in a multi-antenna user equipment (UE), comprising:
communicating with a network device using a first antenna;
assessing communication metrics;
comparing the communication metrics to a threshold;
determining to switch from the first antenna to a second antenna for communicating with the network device based at least in part on the comparing the communication metrics to the threshold;
determining a switch duration corresponding to a length of time to switch from the first antenna to the second antenna for communicating with the network device;
determining a silence window in which communication with the network device is suspended;
determining a silence duration corresponding to a length of time of the silence window;
comparing the switch duration to the silence duration; and
switching from the first antenna to the second antenna during the silence window in response to the silence duration being equal to or greater than the switch duration.