Doppler bandwidth dependent estimation of a communications channel
US5513221A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/005
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device and method of adjusting an equalizer in a digital communications receiver in response to relative velocity between the communications receiver and a communications transmitter. A radio frequency receiver receives a radio frequency signal from the communications transmitter through a communications channel, and an analog to digital converter digitizes a first portion of the radio frequency signal during a first time period, and generates a first data signal made up of digital samples. The analog to digital converter also digitizes a second portion of the radio frequency signal during a second time period and generates a second data signal, also made up of samples. A channel estimator estimates characteristics of the communications channel in response to a portion of the first data signal, and generates a first channel estimate in response thereto. Finally, a processor determines an estimated velocity of the communications receiver relative to the communications transmitter, weights the first channel estimate in response to the estimated velocity, and generates a revised channel estimate in response to the weighting of the first channel estimate and the second data signal.
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