Patent ID: 6847810

Claim:
An antenna selection and switching system which is capable of selecting an antenna from a diversity of antennas by verifying the integrity of electronic signals received from said diversity of antennas in a TDMA wireless communication system, wherein the system comprises: a preamble diversity switching process linked to said diversity of antennas for selecting an antenna based on a received signal preamble quality; a cyclical redundancy code process communicating with said preamble diversity switching process and linked to said diversity of antennas for selecting an antenna based on a received cyclical redundancy code quality; a signal vector detection process communicating with said cyclical redundancy code process and linked to said diversity of antennas for selecting an antenna based on a received signal phase quality; and protocol means coupled to said processes for selecting from among said preamble diversity switching process, said cyclical redundancy code process, and said signal vector detection process, providing said antenna selection.