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System and method for joint maximal ratio combining using time-domain signal processing

  • US 6,873,651 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2002
  • Issued: 03/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for communicating signals between a first communication device and a second communication device using radio frequency (RF) communication techniques, comprising:

  • a. at the first communication device;

    i. generating a transmit filter vector for processing a signal to be transmitted from the first communication device via a plurality of antennas of the first communication device to the second communication device, the transmit filter vector comprised of a plurality of transmit filter sub-vectors defining one or more complex weights associated with a transmit tapped-delay line filter, each transmit filter sub-vector associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas of the first communication device and having a length corresponding to the number taps of the associated transmit tapped-delay line filter; and

    ii. applying the transmit filter vector to a signal to be transmitted from the first communication device to the second communication device;

    b. at the second communication device;

    i. generating a receive filter matrix from a signal received by one or more antennas of the second communication device from the first communication device, the receive filter matrix comprised of one or more sub-matrices each being a convolution matrix derived from a receive filter sub-vector, wherein each receive filter sub-vector defines one or more complex weights associated with a receive tapped-delay line filter for a corresponding one of the one or more antennas of the second communication device;

    ii. computing a principal eigenvector of a product of the receive filter matrix and a Hermitian of the receive filter matrix, the principal eigenvector comprised of one or more sub-vectors each having a length corresponding to a number of taps of a transmit tapped-delay line filter associated with a corresponding one of the one or more antennas of the second communication device;

    iii. deriving from the one or more sub-vectors of the principal eigenvector one or more transmit filter sub-vectors that form a transmit filter vector, each transmit filter sub-vector associated with a corresponding one of the one or more antennas of the second communication device and defining one or more complex weights associated with the transmit tapped-delay line filter for a corresponding one of the one or more antennas of the second communication device; and

    iv. applying the transmit filter vector at the second communication device to a signal to be transmitted from the second communication device to the first communication device.

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