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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Makoto Natori, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiko Terashima, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A receiving method and a receiving apparatus suitable for reception of a radio signal in environment where fading occurs, such as CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). Includes prioritizing a plurality of received paths, setting an inhibition timing region having a predetermined time interval in a section before and after at least the highest-priority received path in accordance with the result of prioritization, and inhibiting the other received paths from being obtained in the set inhibition timing region, whereby each received path is always received with valid timing. Moreover, the setting of reception timing by a timing setting device is controlled so that the other received paths may not be present in the set inhibition timing region, whereby the reception timings of a plurality of receivers are always set to valid timings.