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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1996
Seijiro Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Kitakubo, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radio telephone apparatus for performing space diversity reception to communicate with base stations in a TDMA radio communication system under an operating condition in which a frame period containing a signal transmission period, a signal reception period and a base station observation period is provided, which comprises first and second antennas for signal transmission in the signal transmission period, the space diversity reception prior to each of the signal reception period and the base station observation period and signal reception in each of the signal reception period and the base station observation period, and an antenna selector operative to select one of the first and second antennas in accordance with space diversity technique to be used for receiving a data signal from a specific base station in the signal reception period and to select further one of the first and second antennas in accordance with space diversity technique to be used for receiving a data signal from one of base stations other than the specific base station in the base station observation period.