A Signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) measuring apparatus in a multiple
antenna high data rate packet transmission system measures signal energy
to interference energy ratio by using pilot signals that are orthogonal
to each other between antennas signals and used by a receiver for
separating the signals transmitted from all of the transmitting antennas
from each other. The SIR measuring apparatus comprises a signal energy
measuring unit, an interference energy measuring unit and a SIR measuring
unit. The signal energy measuring unit measures signal energy by
synthesizing after coherently integrating and non-coherently integrating
values that are obtained by correlating a received signal with pilot
patterns equal to the pilot patterns of transmitted antenna signals,
respectively. The interference energy measuring unit measures
interference energy by coherently integrating and non-coherently
integrating after correlating the received signal with another pattern
that is orthogonal to the pilot patterns of the transmitted antenna
signals but is not transmitted. The SIR measuring unit measures SIR by
using the measured signal energy and the measured interference energy.