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Receiver for receiving data symbols having a symbol period

  • US 8,189,715 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2006
  • Issued: 05/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A receiver for receiving data symbols having a symbol period with duration SP, wherein SP is the symbol period duration, comprising:

  • N input terminals for retrieving N antenna signals, wherein in N≧

    2;

    a multiplexer having N inputs coupled to the N input terminals respectively, for selecting the N antenna signals one by one under control of a control signal so as to obtain a combined antenna signal;

    a processing unit for performing an autocorrelation function on the combined antenna signal so as to obtain a combined signal;

    a demultiplexer for splitting in dependence of the control signal the combined signal into N signals corresponding to the N antenna signals;

    N first integrator units for integrating the N signals so as to obtain N integration signals;

    a control signal generator for generating the control signal wherein the control signal generator is arranged to generate in a first mode a control signal which enables the multiplexer to select equally in time over a symbol period the N antenna signals and wherein at least one of the N antenna signals is selected more than one time in a symbol period, and wherein the control signal generator is arranged to generate in a second mode in dependence of the N integration signals a control signal which enables the multiplexer to select only one of the N antenna signals.

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