Patent · US Expired

Signal combining within a communication system

US6888878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Motorola, Inc. · US

Inventors

Daniel G. Prysby · Elk Grove Village, US
Stefan Paun · Paddy Lane, US
Joseph L. Suttie, III · Palatine, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2001
Grant date	May 3, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B1/7115
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for signal combining within a communication system is provided herein. The output of RAKE fingers is combined via a chip combiner. The combined chip stream can be despread with the appropriate Walsh code (defining a particular channel). The resulting symbol stream can then be deinterleaved and decoded.

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