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Channel estimation in a fading channel

US6182251A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1998
Grant dateJan 30, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/023
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of channel estimation in a wireless communication system has steps of receiving a data burst comprising a plurality of portions of known data, and remaining data that is unknown; comparing reference data to each of the plurality of portions of known data and determining error for each of the portions of known data; averaging the determined error for predetermined ones of the portions of known data; and estimating error for at least a portion of the remaining data as a function of the determined error having been averaged.

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