Patent ID: 8724748

Claim:
A wireless communication terminal that carries out communications on a packet-by-packet basis by using a plurality of antennas with a diversity technique, the wireless communication terminal comprising: an antenna selecting unit that selects, for each packet, an antenna indicating a highest received signal strength from among the plurality of antennas; a packet-destination judging unit that judges whether a packet obtained by demodulating a signal received by the antenna indicating the highest received signal strength selected by the antenna selecting unit is destined for the wireless communication terminal; and a stand-by-antenna determining unit that determines, as a stand-by antenna for use in receiving a packet to be received next, the antenna indicating the highest received signal strength, when the packet destination judging unit has judged that the packet obtained by demodulating the signal received by the antenna indicating the highest received signal strength selected by the antenna selecting unit is destined for the wireless communication terminal.