Method and apparatus for processing a modulated signal using an equalizer and a rake receiver
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an equalizer configured to process signal samples to provide symbol estimates, the equalizer comprising a filter and a coefficient adjustment element, the coefficient adjustment element being configured to adjust coefficients used by the filter to filter the signal samples;
a despreader configured to despread the symbol estimates from the equalizer to generate despread symbols;
a decover element configured to decover the despread symbols to generate a first stream of recovered symbols;
a rake receiver configured to process one or more multipaths of the signal samples to provide a second stream of recovered symbols;
a controller configured to estimate a first signal quality of the first stream of recovered symbols and a second signal quality of the second stream of recovered symbols, the controller comparing the first and second signal qualities; and
a switch configured to select the equalizer or the rake receiver to generate recovered data symbols.
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Abstract
In a method for achieving higher S/N, one or more signals are received and processed to provide one or more streams of samples. In a first processing scheme, the sample stream(s) are equalized within an equalizer to generate symbol estimates, which may be subsequently processed (e.g., despread and decovered) to provide a first stream of recovered symbols. Each sample stream is filtered with a set of coefficients and may be scaled with a scaling factor. The scaled samples for all streams are then combined to generate the symbol estimates. The sample stream(s) may also be processed by a second processing scheme with one or more rake receivers to provide a second stream of recovered symbols. The signal quality for each processing scheme can be estimated and used to select either the first or second processing scheme.
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41 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an equalizer configured to process signal samples to provide symbol estimates, the equalizer comprising a filter and a coefficient adjustment element, the coefficient adjustment element being configured to adjust coefficients used by the filter to filter the signal samples; a despreader configured to despread the symbol estimates from the equalizer to generate despread symbols; a decover element configured to decover the despread symbols to generate a first stream of recovered symbols; a rake receiver configured to process one or more multipaths of the signal samples to provide a second stream of recovered symbols; a controller configured to estimate a first signal quality of the first stream of recovered symbols and a second signal quality of the second stream of recovered symbols, the controller comparing the first and second signal qualities; and a switch configured to select the equalizer or the rake receiver to generate recovered data symbols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a base station configured to transmit a pilot signal and a data signal; a remote terminal configured to receive the pilot signal and data signal, the remote terminal comprising; an equalizer configured to process samples of the pilot and data signals to provide symbol estimates, the equalizer comprising a filter and a coefficient adjustment element, the coefficient adjustment element being configured to adjust coefficients used by the filter to filter the samples; a despreader configured to despread the symbol estimates from the equalizer to generate despread symbols; a decover element configured to decover the despread symbols to generate a first stream of recovered symbols; a rake receiver configured to process one or more multipaths of the pilot and data signals samples to provide a second stream of recovered symbols; a controller configured to estimate a first signal quality of the first stream of recovered symbols and a second signal quality of the second stream of recovered symbols, the controller comparing the first and second signal qualities; and a switch configured to select the equalizer or the rake receiver to generate recovered data symbols. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method for processing received signal samples, the method comprising;
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equalizing the received signal samples to provide symbol estimates, the step of equalizing comprising filtering the signal samples and adjusting coefficients used during the filtering step; despreading the symbol estimates to generate despread symbols; decovering the despread symbols to generate a first stream of recovered symbols; processing one or more multipaths of the signal samples by a rake receiver to provide a second stream of recovered symbols; estimating a first signal quality of the first stream of recovered symbols and a second signal quality of the second stream of recovered symbols, comparing the first and second signal qualities; and selecting one of the first and the second stream of recovered symbols to generate recovered data symbols. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for processing received signal samples, the apparatus comprising;
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means for equalizing the received signal samples to provide symbol estimates, the step of equalizing comprising filtering the signal samples and adjusting coefficients used during the filtering step; means for despreading the symbol estimates to generate despread symbols; means for decovering the despread symbols to generate a first stream of recovered symbols; means for processing one or more multipaths of the signal samples by a rake receiver to provide a second stream of recovered symbols; means for estimating a first signal quality of the first stream of recovered symbols and a second signal quality of the second stream of recovered symbols, means for comparing the first and second signal qualities; and means for selecting one of the first and the second stream of recovered symbols to generate recovered data symbols. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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