Patent ID: 8811368

Claim:
A reception apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives signals; and a processor configured to execute a programmed procedure including, a path detection process performing path detection on a selected user equipment; a deriving process using a detected path timing to despread incoming signals from said selected user equipment and deriving one or more multipath components; a providing process Rake combining said one or more multipath components to provide a demodulation signal; a measuring process measuring an elapsed time from a previous path detection of each of a plurality of user equipment; and a scheduling process selecting one or more user equipment at predetermined intervals according to one or more predetermined judgment criteria then reporting to said path detection process; wherein said one or more predetermined judgment criteria comprise criteria for selecting the user equipment with a demodulation signal which has a higher fading frequency, and wherein said one or more predetermined judgment criteria further includes criteria for selecting the user equipment having a longer said elapsed time.