Patent · US Expired

Equalizer training in a radiotelephone system

US5297169A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateJun 28, 1991
Grant dateMar 22, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2025/03796
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Reception of a transmission in a radiotelephone system including an equalizer is improved by training the equalizer using a synchronization portion of the transmission having a data pattern chosen for its correlation properties and retraining the equalizer using a portion of the transmission transmitted for a different purpose. In particular, the portion of the transmission transmitted for a different purpose may be the digital verification color code transmitted during each burst in a digital cellular mobile radiotelephone system. Reception quality is increased by training the equalizer at more frequent intervals without increasing transmission overhead.

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