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Multistage interference canceller

US6192067A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1997
Grant dateFeb 20, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2001/71077
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multistage interference canceller and method for removing interference between users and multipath interference from received signals in multiple stages includes a plurality of despreading units which produce a received symbol vector and an estimated channel value, a synthesis unit which synthesizes the received symbol vector, an amplitude of the received symbol vector and the amplitude of the estimated value from each reverse spreading unit, and a decision unit which executes a hard decision and a soft decision according to a result of comparing the total amplitude of the received symbol vector and the total amplitude of the estimated channel value.

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