Method and system for antenna switching

摘要

A client terminal, such as a customer premises equipment (CPE), for receiving a communication signal in a plurality of reception configurations. The client terminal comprises an antenna unit having a plurality of reception configurations for receiving communication signal having a plurality of frames, each the frame having a predefined frame segment, a receiver, a switching module configured for switching between operational and testing receptions of the communication signal respectively by the receiver via the antenna unit in operational and testing configurations, and a timing circuit configured for timing the switching during the operational reception to allow the receiver to receive the testing reception when the predefined frame segment is received via the antenna unit in operational configuration.

主权项

1. A wireless terminal for receiving a frame-based communication signal, each frame of the frame based communication signal having a predefined frame segment, comprising:
an antenna unit having at least two antennas; a receiver; a switching module communicatively coupled with the antenna unit and the receiver, which switches the antenna unit to an operational reception configuration or a tested reception configuration; and a timing circuit configured to control said switching module to switch the antenna unit between the operational reception configuration and the tested reception configuration during a frame to allow said receiver to receive at least a portion of the frame containing user data while said antenna unit is in the operational reception configuration and to receive said predefined frame segment of the frame containing network management data while said antenna unit is in the tested reception configuration.