Communications system providing enhanced channel switching features based upon modulation fidelity, and related methods

摘要

A wireless communications system includes a base station, and a communications device configured to communicate with the base station via different wireless communications channels using a modulation standard wherein a received modulation differs from a transmitted modulation (e.g., due to environmental conditions) as measured by a modulation fidelity value. The base station and the communications device are configured to cooperate to determine respective modulation fidelity values associated with a current channel and an alternate channel based upon an estimated modulation fidelity calculated from the received modulation, and to selectively switch between the current channel and the alternate channel based upon the determined modulation fidelity values.