Patent ID: 7099383

Claim:
An apparatus for a communication station operable in a wireless communication system at least to receive first and second data signals successively transmitted thereto by a first subscriber station and a second subscriber station, respectively, within a plurality of subscriber stations, the apparatus comprising: a first demodulator selectably coupled to receive the first data signals transmitted to the communication station; at least a second demodulator also selectably coupled to receive the second data signals transmitted to the communication station; and a controller, coupled to the first demodulator and to the at least second demodulator in a feedback arrangement, the controller alternately selecting the first data signals for application to the first demodulator and the second data signals for application to the second demodulator, wherein the at least the second subscriber station comprises a plurality of subscriber stations and wherein the controller selectively applies the first and second data signals to the first and second demodulators according to a selected pattern by alternately coupling the first demodulator and the second demodulator to receive, selectably, the first and at least second data signals communicated by alternating ones of the plurality of subscriber stations.