Diversity control method

• US 20090061791A1
• Filed: 08/29/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsubara, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US12/231,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20090061791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/78
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0814 based on current reception conditions, e.g. switching to different antenna when signal level is below threshold
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0874 using subgroups of receive antennas

Abstract

A diversity control method of selecting a plurality of antennas having directivities and disposed in different directions is disclosed. At least two antennas are selected from the plurality of antennas. First diversity control of comparing strengths of reception powers of the selected at least two antennas is performed. One antenna having a stronger reception power than others is selected. If the radio conditions of at least two antennas have deteriorated in the first diversity control, second diversity control of comparing radio conditions of at least two antennas is performed in a predetermined period and at least one of the antennas is changed to another new antenna based on a compared result.

Claims

1. A diversity control method of selecting a plurality of antennas having directivities and disposed in different directions, comprising the steps of:

selecting at least two antennas from the plurality of antennas;

performing first diversity control of comparing strengths of reception powers of the selected at least two antennas and selecting one antenna having a stronger reception power than others; and

performing second diversity control of comparing radio conditions of the at least two antennas in a predetermined period if the radio conditions of the at least two antennas have deteriorated in the first diversity control and changing at least one of the antennas to another new antenna based on a compared result.

2. The diversity control method as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the second diversity control step is performed by changing one antenna having a worse radio condition than the other of the at least two antennas to another new antenna.

3. The diversity control method as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the step of selecting the at least two antennas includes the steps of:

selecting antennas having adjacent directivities; and

selecting the other new antenna as an antenna having a better radio condition than the other of the antennas having the adjacent directivities.

4. The diversity control method as set forth in claim 1,

wherein in the first diversity control, if successive transmission or reception failure counts of the at least two antennas exceed a predetermined threshold, it is determined that radio conditions of the antennas have deteriorated.