METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OF SEVERAL ANTENNAE IN AN ANTENNA DIVERSITY RECEPTION SYSTEM AND ANTENNA DIVERSITY RECEPTION SYSTEM

摘要

The aim of the invention is to prevent constant needless switching to another antenna in an antenna diversity reception system comprising several antennae (A1 -A5). To achieve this, the reception quality of the respectively instantaneously used antenna (A1) is stored in a memory (S). If a malfunction such as a malfunction in the amplitude of the reception signal is detected by a malfunction detector (D), switching occurs to another antenna (A2) and the reception quality thereof is compared with the previously used antenna (A1). If the reception quality of the newly used antenna (A2) is better than that of the previously used antenna (A1), the new antenna (A2) continues to be used. If this is not the case, the search is continued until an antenna with a better reception quality than that of the previously used antenna is found. If a full search is unable to reveal a better antenna, the originally used antenna (A1) continues to be used. A new search is carried out after a specific period of time.