Receiving station with interference signal suppression
First Claim
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1. In a wireless communication receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of signals at the receiver;
sampling the plurality of signals to generate sampled signals to the receiver;
determining weights for the plurality of signals, comprising;
estimating an autocorrelation of the sampled signals;
estimating a cross correlation between the sampled signals and corresponding transmitted signals; and
calculating the weights as a product of the autocorrelation and the cross correlation;
receiving data signals at the receiver, the data signals having corresponding transmitted data signals; and
applying the weights to the data signals to generate an estimate of the transmitted data signals.
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Abstract
An optimum combiner that reduces the amount of interference imposed upon a first base station by transmissions of other base stations within the same communication system. Two antennas are used to receive transmissions within a receiving station. A rake receiver is coupled to each antenna. By optimally combining the signals that are received by each independent finger of the rake receiver, interference that is correlated between a finger associated with the first antenna and a finger associated with the second antenna can be minimized with respect to the desired signal. Optimum combining requires determination of optimum combining coefficients.
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11 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of signals at the receiver;
sampling the plurality of signals to generate sampled signals to the receiver;
determining weights for the plurality of signals, comprising;
estimating an autocorrelation of the sampled signals;
estimating a cross correlation between the sampled signals and corresponding transmitted signals; and
calculating the weights as a product of the autocorrelation and the cross correlation;
receiving data signals at the receiver, the data signals having corresponding transmitted data signals; and
applying the weights to the data signals to generate an estimate of the transmitted data signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
rotating the phase of the sampled signal.
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4. The method as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of signals received at the receiver includes information known a priori by the receiver.
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5. The method as in claim 4, wherein the information corresponds to a pilot sequence.
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6. In a wireless communication receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of signals at the receiver;
sampling the plurality of signals to generate sampled signals to the receiver;
determining weights for the plurality of signals, comprising;
estimating an autocorrelation of the noise received at the receiver;
estimating a cross correlation between the sampled signals and corresponding transmitted signals; and
calculating the weights as a product of the autocorrelation and the cross correlation;
receiving data signals at the receiver, the data signals having corresponding transmitted data signals; and
applying the weights to the data signals to generate an estimate of the transmitted data signals. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
estimating the fading coefficients per each finger of the plurality of fingers of the rake type receiver.
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9. A wireless receiver apparatus, comprising:
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receiver means for processing a plurality of signal paths;
sampling means for sampling a plurality of signals to generate sampled signals;
weight calculation means for calculating weights for the plurality of signals, comprising;
first estimation means for estimating an autocorrelation of the sampled signals;
second estimation means for estimating a cross correlation between the sampled signals and corresponding transmitted signals; and
weight processing means for calculating the weights as a product of the autocorrelation and the cross correlation; and
weighting means for applying the weights to data signals received at the apparatus and for generating an estimate of corresponding transmitted data signals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
wherein y(m) is a sampled signal, and M is a total number of samples.
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11. The wireless receiver apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second estimation means calculates the cross correlation as:
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