Method and apparatus for selectively applying interference cancellation in spread spectrum systems
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a signal strength for each of a plurality of signal paths;
identifying a given one of the plurality of signal paths as a potential interferer based, at least in part, on the signal strength of the given one of the plurality of signal paths; and
creating at least one interference-cancelled signal stream by canceling the potential interferer.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to the selective provision of interference canceled signal streams to demodulating fingers in a communication receiver. According to the present invention, potential interferer signal paths are identified. Signal streams having one or more potential interferer signals removed or canceled are created, and a correlation is performed to determine whether the strength of a desired signal path increased as a result. If the correlation indicates that the strength of a desired signal path was increased by the signal cancellation, the interference canceled signal stream is provided to the demodulation finger assigned to track the desired signal path. If the correlation determines that the strength of the desired signal path did not increase as a result of performing interference cancellation, the raw or a different interference canceled signal stream is provided to the demodulation finger.
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7 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a signal strength for each of a plurality of signal paths; identifying a given one of the plurality of signal paths as a potential interferer based, at least in part, on the signal strength of the given one of the plurality of signal paths; and creating at least one interference-cancelled signal stream by canceling the potential interferer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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