Patent ID: 8005446

Claim:
Apparatus for a receiving station that contains a first diversity antenna and a second diversity antenna, said apparatus comprising: a first receive signal operator adapted to receive a first signal associated with first signal energy detected at the first diversity antenna; the first receive signal operator further adapted to receive a second signal associated with second signal energy detected at the second diversity antenna; the first receive signal operator configured to operate upon a combination of the first and second signals, to ascertain a first attribute thereof; and a selector adapted to receive a first indication of the first attribute ascertained by said first receive signal operator, said selector configured to select which of: 1) diversity demodulation result of a combination of the first and second signal energy or 2) a demodulation result of the first signal energy or 3) a demodulation result of the second signal energy is to be used at the receiving station based upon the first indication of the first attribute.