Method for clock-pulse selection in a baseband combiner and related baseband combiner

A method for selecting the clock signal in a baseband combiner of a space-diversity receiver, said combiner comprising:

• an input for main signal;
• at least one additional input for a diversity signal;
• an equalizer receiving at its input said main signal, filtered and sampled and outputting a corresponding equalized main signal;
• at least one additional corresponding equalizer receiving at its input said at least one diversity signal, filtered and sampled;
• and outputting a corresponding equalized diversity signal;
• and
• a clock recovery circuit,
• the method comprising the step of driving said clock recovery circuit by means of one of said main signal, filtered and sampled, and said at least one diversity signal, filtered and sampled,
• wherein the step of driving said clock recovery circuit by means of either one or the other signal in turn comprises the steps of:
• calculating the average power of the equalized main signal and the average power of the at least one equalized diversity signal, and
• driving the clock recovery circuit by means of the sampled signal chosen on the basis of a comparison between the average power of the main and diversity equalized signals.