Device for selecting reception signals as a function of their power

A device for selecting reception signals as a function of their power, said reception signals being identified by their frequency and being structured into frames, each frame consisting of a predetermined integral number p of time slots, each of the p time slots in a frame occupying a respective one of p different time slot positions, data concerning a group of said reception signals being stored in a corresponding table of explored signals, said device comprising:

• analysis means for selecting during each analysis period of a succession of repetitive analysis periods at least one individual selected time slot in succession from each of said explored signals in said corresponding table of explored signals to thereby form a sequence of selected time slots, any two successive said selected time slots starting at instants separated by a period corresponding to a predetermined integral number r of time slots,
• measuring means for producing the power of each one of said explored signals using as a basis measurements carried out on several said selected time slots that correspond thereto, and
• control means for associating individual ones of said group of reception signals with particular entries in said table of explored signals and for identifying the explored signals having the highest power,
• wherein the selected time slots of a particular explored signal during any two successive analysis periods occupy different ones of said p time slot positions.