Patent ID: 7620130

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a plurality of antennas which receive plurality of wireless reception signals from at least one of a plurality of secondary communication apparatuses; a combiner which is coupled to said plurality of antennas, said combiner receiving a plurality of internal reception signals from said plurality of antennas respectively and combining the plurality of internal reception signals to form a combined signal; and a receiver which is coupled to said combiner, said receiver receiving the combined signal; wherein said combiner weights the plurality of internal reception signals with variable weights and controls the variable weights at regular intervals, wherein said combiner controls the variable weights based on transmission powers of the plurality of wireless reception signals transmitted from at least one of the plurality of secondary communication apparatuses, and wherein the transmission powers of the plurality of wireless reception signals are controlled by a closed loop power control between said wireless communication apparatus and at least one of the plurality of secondary communication apparatuses.