Interference suppression with virtual antennas
US7801248B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L25/0328
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A receiver suppresses co-channel interference (CCI) from other transmitters and intersymbol interference (ISI) due to channel distortion using “virtual” antennas. The virtual antennas may be formed by (1) oversampling a received signal for each actual antenna at the receiver and/or (1) decomposing a sequence of complex-valued samples into a sequence of inphase samples and a sequence of quadrature samples. In one design, the receiver includes a pre-processor, an interference suppressor, and an equalizer. The pre-processor processes received samples for at least one actual antenna and generates at least two sequences of input samples for each actual antenna. The interference suppressor suppresses co-channel interference in the input sample sequences and provides at least one sequence of CCI-suppressed samples. The equalizer performs detection on the CCI-suppressed sample sequence(s) and provides detected bits. The interference suppressor and equalizer may be operated for one or multiple iterations.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.