Patent ID: 7236549

Claim:
A diversity receiver system for receiving a coded data modulated signal from a transmission channel, said transmission channel characterized by multiple transmission paths having variable transmission time and variable attenuation characteristics causing multiple copies of said coded data modulated signal, wherein said diversity receiver system comprises: a signal acquisition device in communication with the transmission channel for reception of said multiple copies of said coded data modulated signal, for evaluation of signal characteristics of one or more copies of said multiple copies of said coded data modulated signal, for extracting coded data, control signals, and locking signals from the one or more copies of said multiple copies of said coded data; a diversity circuit in communication with the signal acquisition device to receive said signal characteristics and said coded data, said control signals, and locking signals, said diversity circuit selecting from said signal characteristics, said control signals, and said locking signals, one of said copies of said coded data modulated signal; and an error evaluation circuit in communication with the diversity circuit to receive the coded data from the selected copy of the coded data modulated signal, said error evaluation circuit evaluating said coded data signal for errors and providing an error signal to said diversity circuit indicating an error state of said selected data, wherein said diversity circuit selects a second copy of said coded data modulated signal.