Diversity reception apparatus

摘要

A demodulator 1 obtains demodulated data in a plurality of channels. Estimating portions 2a and 2b estimate and output the numbers of erroneous symbols and error locations thereof in the demodulated data. A data comparator 3 compares the demodulated data corresponding to the error locations with the demodulated data in the corresponding locations in other channels to determine whether the error location is correct, and it outputs a decision signal in response to the determination. A data selector 4 selects one of the demodulated data in the plurality of channels on the basis of the numbers of erroneous symbols and the decision signals and outputs the data as selected data. It is then possible to maintain the reliability of error detection even when a less redundant short error detecting code is used, and also to accurately select a channel of good quality even when the demodulated data in all channels contain the same extent of errors.