Patent ID: 8036610

Claim:
A wireless terminal using switchable first and second reception antennas to perform diversity reception of data transmitted from a base station, comprising: a first level measurement unit for measuring a reception level of the first reception antenna; a second level measurement unit for measuring a reception level of the second reception antenna; an average value calculation unit configured to calculate an average value of a first level measurement result measured by the first level measurement unit and a second level measurement result obtained by the second level measurement unit; a first RSSI measurement unit for measuring an RSSI value received through the first reception antenna; a second RSSI measurement unit for measuring an RSSI value received through the second reception antenna; and a correction unit configured to correct the average value calculated by the average value calculation unit, said correction being performed on the basis of a predetermined thermal noise level, a first RSSI value measurement result obtained by the first RSSI measurement unit, and a second RSSI value measurement result measured by the second RSSI measurement unit.