In mobile communications systems transmission antenna diversity is used
e.g. to compensate for fading caused to the signal on the radio path. It
is known to make the choice of transmission antenna jointly for all
subscriber connections, but it is not hereby possible to offer the
optimum transmission antenna to simultaneous connections. The present
invention aims at a method for implementing transmission antenna
diversity on a data transmission connection, which is set up between a
transmitting unit (BS), wherein there are several transmission antenna
routes (ANT1, ANT2, ANT3), and a receiving unit (MS1, MS2). In the
method, a broadcast signal is transmitted through all transmission
antenna routes (ANT1, ANT2, ANT3) of the transmitting unit, with the aid
of these signals a choice is made in the receiving unit (MS1, MS2) of the
optimum transmission antenna route and a message of the choice is
transmitted to the transmitting unit (BS), which transmits user data
through the transmission antenna route connected for use. According to
the invention, the method is characterised in that the broadcast signal
of each transmission antenna route is shaped by an individual signal
shaping method which is different from the others and a transmission
antenna route is connected for use based on the received antenna choice
message, individually for each receiving unit.