Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, and a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the housing and having opposing upper and lower portions. The device may also include at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna assembly may be carried adjacent the upper portion of the PCB. The antenna assembly may include a horizontal conductor extending along the upper portion of the PCB in spaced relation therefrom. The horizontal conductor may be coupled to the satellite positioning receiver. The antenna assembly may also include a loop conductor extending from the horizontal conductor toward the lower portion of the PCB and in spaced relation from the PCB. The loop conductor may be coupled to the wireless transceiver.

Abstract: A method is disclosed including, using a measurement antenna in a wireless device, determining whether a user is proximate the wireless device at least by transmitting a signal using the measurement antenna; in response to a determination the user is not proximate the wireless device, transmitting the signal using a main antenna at a normal transmit power; and in response to a determination the user is proximate the wireless device, transmitting the signal using the main antenna at a limited transmit power. Another method includes in response to a determination a user is not proximate a wireless device, transmitting a signal using a first set of main antennas; and in response to a determination the user is proximate the wireless device, transmitting the signal using the second set of main antennas. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and/or apparatus for cooperative transceiving between wireless interface devices of a host device includes processing that begins by providing an indication of receiving an inbound packet from one wireless interface device (e.g., Bluetooth compliant radio transceiver, IEEE 802.11 compliant radio transceiver, etc.) to another. The wireless interlace device receiving the indication processes the indication and, based on the processing, transmits an outbound packet in accordance with the processing of the indication. For example, the wireless interface device receiving the indication may delay transmission until the other wireless interface device has received the packet, or, if transmission of the packet would not interfere with the receiving of the packet by the other wireless interface device, the wireless interface device receiving the indication would transmit its packet.

Abstract: Architectures and implementations of a transceiver system for wireless communications are presented, the system including one or more antennas supporting a single frequency band or multiple frequency bands, a transmit circuit, a receive circuit, and an isolation circuit that is coupled to the one or more antennas and the transmit and receive circuits and provides adequate isolation between the transmit circuit and the receive circuit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and an installation assembly. The housing defines an opening. The installation assembly includes a fixing member and a holding member. The fixing member includes a base and a fixing portion protruding from the base. The base defines an entrance corresponding to the opening. The holding member comprising a holding portion and an engaging portion formed on an end of the holding portion. The fixing portion runs through the opening, and the base abuts against an outer surface of the housing with the entrance corresponding to the first opening. The engaging portion is engaged with the fixing portion to fix the holding member to the fixing member in the housing, and the engaging portion abuts against an inner surface of the housing, such that the installation assembly is fixed the housing surrounding the first opening.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile communication device comprises a first antenna; a second antenna; a transceiver for processing a received signal and generating a transmit signal; and a controller, based on a detected condition of one of the first antenna or second antenna, for selecting the other one of said first antenna or said second antenna and coupling the transmit signal to the selected other one of said first antenna or said second antenna.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device 10 with an enhanced antenna farm 180 is disclosed. The device 10 can include: a housing 150 including a front housing 34 and a rear housing 86; and a user interface 62, the rear housing 86 includes an antenna farm 180. Advantageously, the antenna farm 180 allows wireless communication from or to multiple sources, is substantially isolated from EMI from electronic components in the device and can be made with a minimal Z dimension.

Abstract: A method and device for providing impedance tuning to compensate for capacitive loading effects on an antenna which are associated with conductive or physical components in close proximity to the antenna is provided. A dynamic impedance tuning (DIT) controller periodically receives information that indicates that one or more functions of a physical component and/or a particular device operating state are currently active. In response to one or more functions of the physical component being activated, the DIT controller configures the tunable impedance to a pre-set impedance level to compensate for capacitive loading effects on the antenna. In addition, the controller triggers a switch to connect the tunable impedance to the ground signal line to provide antenna tuning corresponding to the preset impedance level. The tunable impedance adjusts the terminal impedance of the ground signal line to minimize capacitive loading effects associated with the signal line.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing, a wireless communications circuit carried by the circuit board, and an audio circuit carried by the circuit board. The mobile wireless communications device may further include an antenna assembly including an antenna carrier frame coupled to the circuit board and defining a cavity therein, and an antenna element carried on the antenna carrier frame and having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points coupled to the wireless communications circuit. In addition, an audio transducer may be carried within the cavity of the antenna carrier frame and coupled to the audio circuit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a signal and a subcarrier allocation structure therefor in a multi-user multi-antenna communication system are provided, in which a transmitter calculates receive filters for each of a plurality of receivers or for a plurality of antennas in a receiver, determines the index of a vector having a correlation with the calculated receive filters in a preset codebook vector to be a receive filter index, and transmits the receive filter index to the receiver.

Abstract: The invention relates to a repeater system (1) for relaying the exchanges between a base station mobile telecommunication network and a user terminal, comprising an outside antenna (10) that can communicate with the base station, as well as retransmission means (20) connected to the outside antenna, wherein the retransmission means (20) are designed to act as the interface between the outside antenna (10) and an inside antenna (30) that can communicate with the user terminal to retransmit the signals received by either one of the antennae destined for the other antenna, characterized in that the outside antenna is an optically transparent planar antenna integrated into an optically transparent panel (2) used for the indoor lighting of a building.

Abstract: An apparatus including at least one coil; and electronic circuitry connected to the at least one coil. The electronic circuitry is configured to generate a magnetic field signal from the at least one coil. The magnetic field signal includes one or more data, where the magnetic field signal with the one or more data is configured to be used to create a wireless communication connection between the apparatus and a device.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of antenna devices for portable radio communication devices. In an exemplary embodiment, there is an antenna device for a portable radio communication device adapted for receiving radio signals in at least one frequency band. The antenna device includes a radiating element having a first branch and a second branch connected to a common elongated feeding section.

Abstract: An interactive communication device, wherein the device is in communication with a second remotely located device, preferably through the use of high-speed wireless technology such as Bluetooth™, and wherein the instant invention is capable of sending and/or receiving a plurality of signals to and from the second remotely located device.

Abstract: An earphone antenna of a portable terminal having enhanced reception sensitivity even when a wearing state of the earphone of the mobile terminal is changed is provided. The earphone antenna includes a plurality of voice signal lines, an insulating sheath configured to cover an outer surface of the plurality of the voice signal lines, a receptacle configured to connect to a first end of each of the plurality of the voice signal lines, and a ground and antenna line including a first antenna line configured to wind around an outer surface of the insulating sheath at a first interval in a spiral form, the first antenna line having a first thickness, wherein the ground and antenna line includes a second antenna line configured to wind around an outer surface of the receptacle at a second interval in the spiral form, the second antenna line having a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness and the second interval being different from the first interval.

Abstract: To provide an adaptive array antenna capable of increasing resolution of a variable beam direction of the antenna without increasing a calculation amount in arithmetic processing unit for optimally controlling a variable phase shifter. A parasitic element-equipped adaptive array antenna (100) includes n (n is an integer equal to or greater than 2) parasitic antenna elements (1011 to 101n), (n?1) fed antenna elements (1021 to 102n?1) which are coupled to the parasitic antenna elements (1011 to 101n) by electromagnetic fields, and (n?1) variable phase shifters (1041 to 104n?1) which change the phases of radio frequency signals to be supplied to the respective fed antenna elements (1021 to 102n?1). Each of the fed antenna elements (1021 to 102n?1) is arranged astride at least two of the parasitic antenna elements (1011 to 101n).

Abstract: A repeater system is disclosed including a first planar antenna array comprising a first plurality of patch antennas, wherein the first plurality of patch antennas include a first pair of first patch antennas and a second pair of patch antennas, the first patch antennas in each pair disposed symmetrically about a perpendicular plane bisecting a distance between the patch antennas in each pair. Two microstrip antenna probes may be connected to respective ones of the first patch antennas in each pair. The two feed signals connected to the two probes may be phased shifted approximately 180 degrees out of phase with respect to each other. The repeater also includes a second planar antenna array comprising a second plurality of patch antennas and a housing connecting the first planar antenna array and the second planar antenna array. In some embodiments, each of the first planar antenna array and the second planar antenna array include some even number of E-shaped patch antennas.

Abstract: Apparatus for harvesting and using power in a near field communications mode, includes a host device with operating components. A first near field communication (NFC) device is contained in the host device and is configured to be selectively coupled to one of the operating components. The first NFC device harvests energy from a second NFC device and converts the harvested energy to electrical power. The first NFC device receives information from the second NFC device and power on the operating component as a function of the information received from the second NFC device. The first NFC device transfers data to or from the operating component when the operating component is powered on. The first NFC device powers off the operating component when the transfer of data between the first NFC device and the operating component has been completed.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including at least one electrically conductive housing portion configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and including at least one circuit element carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one current shunt component coupled between the at least one electrically conductive housing portion and the at least one circuit element.

Abstract: Provided is a portable wireless device having a plurality of antennas of different frequency bands. By positively using one antenna for improving gains of other antennas, the one antenna can be effectively used and the gains of other antennas can be improved. Patterns (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2 B3) for adding a band disturbing element (80) (high frequency blocking means), which is composed of beads and a parallel resonance circuit, are arranged at a prescribed position of a magnetic field antenna (50). The band disturbing element (80) may be composed of ferrite core or the like.

Abstract: A portable file server includes a radio field intensity input unit, a current controller, and an antenna. A radio field intensity for use in wireless communication between the portable file server and a terminal through the antenna is inputted to the radio field intensity input unit. The current controller increases or decreases the amount of signal current for data to be transmitted to the terminal in accordance with the radio field intensity inputted to the radio field intensity input unit. The signal current is, in turn, outputted to the antenna. Thus, the radio field intensity is controlled such that the radio waves can be received only in the area where wireless communication between the portable file server and the terminal takes place; thus, unauthorized wireless access from outside of this area will be prevented. Hence, the portable file server provides enhanced security.

Abstract: In a mobile phone, a vibrator, arranged on a substrate, has two power supply terminals. The vibrator's first and second terminals are each connected to a control unit via a first wiring, a coil and a second wiring. A capacitor is connected between the two terminals' first wirings One end of an antenna sub-element is connected to the first terminal's first wiring and one end is connected to a radio circuit unit. An antenna unit operates at frequency ?2, corresponding to a communication frequency. The control unit and the vibrator operate at frequency ?1. The coils have a self-resonant frequency of ?2 and form a short-circuit connection at frequency ?1 and an open-circuit connection at frequency ?2. The capacitors form an open-circuit connection at frequency ?1 and a short-circuit connection at frequency ?2. This reduces the number of antenna component members mounted on a radio and an antenna's size.

Abstract: A system for production of an electromagnetic (EM) field having EM emissions mitigated at one or more predetermined locations within a Hearing Aid Compliant (HAC) measurement plane is provided. The EM field mitigation system includes a ground plane, an antenna element, and a parasitic resonator element. The antenna element is coupled to the ground plane and resonates within at least one predetermined frequency band for transmitting and receiving the radio frequency (RF) signals modulated at one or more frequencies within the at least one predetermined first frequency band.

Abstract: A complex antenna has a first antenna element and a second antenna element each connected at one end to a different feed point and connected to each other at the other end through a parallel resonant circuit. Each antenna element has the same resonant frequency as the parallel resonant circuit. A mobile phone has an antenna switch with a first port connected to the first antenna element, a second port connected to the second antenna element, and a third port that can be connected to one of the first port and the second port and switched therebetween. A signal processing unit causes the antenna switch to connect the third port to the first port or to the second port and detects a signal captured by one of the antenna elements from the output of the third port.

Abstract: A communications device includes multiple data transceivers, each configured for communication via a respective communication transport mode. The communication device has one or more data packets which are associated with one of the communication transport modes. The handheld communication device transmits or receives the data packet(s) via the data transceiver that is configured for communication with the corresponding communication transport mode. A user-indication of the communication transport mode of the data packet(s) is provided in accordance with the data transceiver that communicates the data packet(s). The user indication is provided on a per-data packet basis, substantially contemporaneously with the communication of the data packet(s) via the one data transceiver.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for using multiple antennas having different polarizations are described. Polarized antennas are advantageously deployed in a cellular network. Some of the cells utilize an antenna with a first direction polarization, while cells use an antenna with a second direction polarization, for a given carrier. Various embodiments are directed to methods and apparatus related to base station deployment which set up and/or operate base stations in accordance with an advantageous reuse pattern from the perspective of inter-cell interference. In some embodiments a plurality of carriers are used in addition to a plurality of different polarization direction antennas. In some such embodiments, a base station is configured so that for a given cell different carriers are associated with different direction polarization antennas. Some embodiments are directed to single sector base station implementations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless communication device having an upper part 10 and a bottom part 11, the upper part 0 comprising one or more transmission antenna device(s) 12a, 12b; 15. The upper part 10 and the bottom part 11 are arranged movably in relation to each other, so that the bottom part 11, in use mode, is closer to the user than the upper part 10. The bottom part 11 comprises one or more reception antenna device(s) 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d.

Abstract: A wireless communication device is operated in a M by N multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) mode. M is the number of antennas transmitting to the communication device from a first base station. N the number of receiving antennas and receivers. M and N are integers greater than one. The wireless communication device is operated in an M by N?1 MIMO mode while a first one of the N receiving antennas and a first one of the N receivers receives wireless communication from a second base station.

Abstract: A controlling station (110, 400) comprising an antenna arrangement (420) with a number of antennas, which each covers one of a number of adjacent cells, with a main beam with a beamwidth that extends into two immediately adjacent cells. The controlling station (110, 400) is adapted to: -transmit on a control channel on a first number of antennas, -measure the output power on the traffic channels on the first number of antennas, -if the traffic channel output power on any of said first number of antenna is above a threshold, transmission on the control channel is activated on a second number of antennas, -measure the traffic channel output power on each antenna in the antenna arrangement, -if the measured traffic channel output power on an antenna is below a second threshold and the traffic channel on the antennas of both adjacent cells is active, the control channel transmissions on that antenna are deactivated.

Abstract: A switching apparatus in a wireless communication system using multi-channels includes: a first antenna unit configured to transmit and receive data of a first multi-channel among the multi-channels; a second antenna unit configured to transmit and receive data of a second multi-channel among the multi-channels; a first transceiver configured to receive the data from the first antenna unit and transmit the data to the first transceiver; and a selection unit configured to transmit an output of the second antenna unit to the first transceiver.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a terminal main body, a circuit board, an antenna device and a connecting portion. The terminal main body has a plurality of members. The circuit board and an antenna device are built in the terminal main body so as to be spaced apart from each other. The connecting portion electrically connects the circuit board and the antenna device to each other. In the mobile terminal, the connecting portion is a conductive pattern formed on one surface of at least one of the members defining an internal space of the terminal main body.

Abstract: A wireless device comprising a plurality of chips may be operable to communicate wireless signals via a mesh network comprising a plurality of integrated directional antennas on the plurality of chips. Wireless signals may be communicated between the plurality of the chips and/or with devices external to the wireless device via the mesh network. Beam-formed wireless signals may be communicated via the plurality of integrated directional antennas. The plurality of chips may be integrated on a single package or on a plurality of packages, which may comprise one or more circuit boards. Wireless signals may be communicated with devices external to the single package via the mesh network. The directional antennas may comprise patch antennas and/or dipole antennas.

Abstract: A hand-held communication device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA), comprises a sensor assembly and an auxiliary input interface. The auxiliary input interface is situated along one or more exterior surfaces of the device and is electrically coupled to processing circuitry within the device. The sensor assembly is removably attached to the one or more exterior surfaces of device and provides signals at the multiple outputs in response to tactile inputs from the user. In one embodiment, an assignment procedure assigns tactile inputs from the user to predefined functions of the device and/or one or more software applications installed in the device. During subsequent operation of the device, each of the specific tactile input executes one or more predefined functions.

Abstract: A wireless communication device comprises an antenna interface, a user interface, and a processing system. The antenna interface is configured to physically connect to an antenna mounting unit. The user interface is configured to receive wireless communication usage information from a user. The processing system is configured to process the wireless communication usage information to select one of a plurality of antenna configurations. The user interface is configured to display an image of the selected antenna configuration installed on the antenna mounting unit.

Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for sharing antennas for high frequency and low frequency applications may include configuring a multi-frequency antenna system by coupling a plurality of antennas together communicatively via one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements. Radio signals may be received and/or transmitted on one or more radio frequencies via said configured multi-frequency antenna system. The one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements may be frequency-tunable, and may comprise microstrips, transmission lines, and/or RLC circuits. The multi-frequency antenna system may be configured for concurrent operation or time-division duplex operation during the transmitting and/or the receiving. The one or more radio frequencies may operate concurrently or in time-division duplex. The radio signals for transmission may be generated in one or more radio frequency front-ends, and the received radio signals may be demodulated in one or more radio frequency front-ends.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for reducing power consumption in a mobile computing device. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may be arranged to determine a user environment based on detected antenna impedance or detected current. After the user environment is determined, the mobile computing device may confirm that total radiation power (TRP) for the mobile computing device at an initial conducted power level exceeds the minimum TRP threshold required by the network carrier to receive acceptable quality of service (QoS). Based on the excess TRP for the particular user environment, the mobile computing device may determine a reduced conducted power level to be input to an antenna system. Accordingly, significant power savings may be achieved. To save additional power, the mobile computing device may automatically adjust and/or improve antenna impedance matching based on user environment allowing a further reduction in conducted power.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitting a channel sounding signal from a user terminal in a multiple antenna system. In the method, a channel for each of a plurality of antennas is estimated. The receiving signal power of each of the antennas is calculated using the channel information obtained through the channel estimation. The antenna with the highest RX signal power is selected. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the signal reception performance of the user terminal.

Abstract: To provide a mobile terminal capable of achieving the optimal volume according to a style without causing discomfort to the user. A mobile terminal in accordance with the present invention includes a main body including a microphone 219, a screen display unit including speaker-and-receiver units 226 and 227 at both ends thereof, the screen display unit being disposed in the main body in such a manner that the screen display unit can slide and rotate with respect to the main body, and switches 224 and 225 that select the speaker or the receiver to be used in respective speaker-and-receiver units according to a style formed by the screen display unit and the main body.

Abstract: Multiple-In Multiple-Out (MIMO) techniques are used to increase spectral efficiency of a cellular single frequency network. In some embodiments with single transmit antenna per cell, multiple data streams are transmitted from multiple cells, one data stream per set of transmit antennae. The mapping of streams to antenna sets is permuted in time. In this way, user equipment devices (UEs) at cell edges benefit from MIMO, and UEs near cell centers benefit from high carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio of the signal. In some embodiments, each stream is concurrently transmitted on base layer of a hierarchically modulated signal from one set, and on enhancement layer of a hierarchically modulated signal from another set. The mapping of sets to streams is permuted in time. The UEs at cell edges benefit from MIMO, and the UEs near cell centers benefit from the high C/I to decode both streams from the base and enhancement layers.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing, a wireless communications circuit carried by the circuit board, and an audio circuit carried by the circuit board. The mobile wireless communications device may further include an antenna assembly including an antenna carrier frame coupled to the circuit board and defining a cavity therein, and an antenna element carried on the antenna carrier frame and having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points coupled to the wireless communications circuit. In addition, an audio transducer may be carried within the cavity of the antenna carrier frame and coupled to the audio circuit.

Abstract: An electric power communication device includes a plurality of directional antennas, a plurality of electric power communication portions, and an electric power communication control portion. Each of the plurality of directional antennas has directionality, and each of the plurality of electric power communication portions has directionality. The electric power communication control portion controls which of the plurality of electric power communication portions is used for electric power communication with a partner communication device, in accordance with the directional antenna, among the plurality of directional antennas, for which receiving of an incoming wireless signal that was transmitted from the partner communication device has been detected.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an antenna system. The antenna system may include a first antenna and a second antenna. The antenna system may further include a first LRU connected to the first antenna, and a second LRU connected to the second antenna. The antenna system may further include a router, said router being connected to the first LRU, the second LRU and a communication system, the communication system being remotely located from the antenna system. The router may be configured for receiving a plurality of concurrent (ex.—simultaneous) communication control inputs from the communication system and may selectively route the received communication control inputs to the LRUs. The LRUs may, based upon the received communication control inputs establish LRU settings for causing the antennas to transmit and/or receive communications in accordance with said communication control inputs.

Abstract: An antenna system for creating mutual radiation isolation between planar antenna elements over a narrow band uses field cancellation. Adjacent planar antenna elements are positioned in a common ground plane within a mobile phone repeater station, A tuned slot element is positioned between the antenna elements and coupled to share ground plane current in order to maximize cancellation and minimize degradation of the radiation of the antenna elements. The dimensions of the toned slot element are adjusted to obtain lambda/2 resonance, whereby, isolation of more than 10 dB is attained between the antenna elements.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a conductive member configured to radiate radio signals, and a blocking portion configured to mismatch impedance in a third frequency band between a first frequency and a second frequency when the conductive member multi-resonates between the first frequency and the second frequency.

Abstract: An antenna and RF front-end arrangement include at least one LTE or WCDMA Tx&Rx antenna, one MIMO Rx or diversity antenna adapted for low band LTE or WCDMA and one MIMO Rx or diversity antenna adapted for high band LTE or WCDMA. At least one of the MIMO Rx or diversity antennas is adapted for transmitting and receiving WLAN and/or BlueTooth signals. Therefore, a dedicated WLAN antenna is not required and the number of antennas can be reduced.

Abstract: An antenna and a mobile terminal having the antenna are discussed. According to an embodiment, the antenna can include a flexible board having a first region and a second region; a high frequency antenna pattern formed in the first region of the flexible board to transceive a wireless signal by detecting a magnetic flux; a low frequency antenna pattern formed in the second region of the flexible board to generate an induced current; and a magnetic sheet stacked on one surface of the flexible board to simultaneously cover both of the high frequency antenna pattern and the low frequency antenna pattern, the magnetic sheet having a high magnetic permeability for both a high frequency and a low frequency.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile terminal and an antenna connection device of the mobile terminal which can reduce the number of connection paths between an antenna and a wireless communication unit and can thus minimize path loss. The mobile terminal may include a body including a first case in which an antenna is disposed and a second case in which a wireless communication unit is disposed; a mobile switch which is disposed in the second case and serves as a radio frequency (RF) input/output (I/O) port for the wireless communication unit; and an antenna connection cable which is formed in one body with the antenna and includes a connector formed at one end of the antenna connection cable, the antenna connection able being connected to the mobile switch via the connector.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The device comprises a radio transceiver, a processor, a memory, a connector, and an application stored in the memory. The connector is for coupling a radio frequency signal between the radio transceiver and an external antenna and for coupling a baseband signal between the first processor and an external processor. The application, when executed by the processor, manages the radio transceiver based on baseband messages received over the connector from the external processor, wherein the application managing the radio transceiver comprises causing the radio transceiver to transmit the radio frequency signal over the connector to the external antenna and causing the radio transceiver to receive the radio frequency signal over the connector from the external antenna.

Abstract: A device for multiple band frequency communication may include a chassis, a transceiver for receiving and transmitting voice and data communications over any one of multiple frequency bands, an antenna assembly comprising a single radiator and an antenna matching unit, and an antenna connector provided on the chassis for mounting the antenna assembly to the device and connecting the antenna assembly to the transceiver via a transmission line, wherein the antenna matching unit is provided between the radiator and the antenna connector and comprises a reactive circuit to filter the communications and transform an impedance between the radiator and the antenna connector to match an impedance between the transceiver and the antenna connector for each of the multiple frequency bands. A method and system is disclosed for communicating voice and data communications over multiple frequency bands.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for conveying information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme to a recipient, such as a mobile device. In particular, information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme can be conveyed by appropriately mapping a physical broadcast channel within a sub-frame so as to include reference signals indicative of different antenna configurations or transmission diversity schemes. Alternatively, masking, such as cyclic redundancy check masking, can be used to provide information regarding the antenna configuration and/or the transmission diversity scheme.