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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Keiichi Ikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuaki Nakanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhisa Tsubaki, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Umetsu, Yokohama, JP;
Tadao Takami, Yokosuka, JP;
Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data receiving apparatus is constructed to make comparison of received signal strength of a plurality of receiving antennas by making use of timing of a sync word, which is not necessary for making synchronization acquisition, among a plurality of sync words contained in a subframe of a receiving signal, and then to select a receiving antenna of the highest received signal strength from among the plurality of receiving antennas, in accordance with a result of the comparison made before then.