A multi-antenna wireless device (100) comprising a plurality of (N) transmitter units (120) operatively coupled to a plurality of antennas (122), one transmitter unit (120) for each set of at least one antenna from among the plurality of antennas (122), each transmitter unit (120) operable to process a respective input signal and provide an output signal; a plurality of processing units (114, 116, 118, 132, 134, 136, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 232), each processing unit operable to perform designated processing for data transmission; and a controller (140, 230) that selectively and individually enables or disables at least one of the N transmitter units (120) and at least one of the plurality of processing units (114, 116, 118, 132, 134, 136, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 232).
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