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Method and apparatus for interference rejection with different beams, polarizations, and phase references

  • US 6,081,566 A
  • Filed: 04/19/1996
  • Issued: 06/27/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for reducing the effects of signal fading, time dispersion, and interference in a radio communications system, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving a radio signal on at least one antenna element representing a transmitted symbol sequence;

    (b) processing said radio signal to produce received signal samples for said at least one antenna;

    (c) estimating a channel tap for said at least one antenna to a produce a channel tap estimate;

    (d) estimating scalar impairment correlation properties among the received signal samples to produce an estimate of scalar impairment correlation properties;

    (e) forming scalar branch metrics in a scalar branch metric processor using said received signal samples, said channel tap estimate, and said scalar estimate of impairment correlation properties; and

    (f) employing said scalar branch metrics in a sequence estimation algorithm to estimate said transmitted symbol sequence.

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