Method of selecting echoes of a signal for assignment to fingers of a Rake receiver and corresponding Rake receiver
US8116355B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/712
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for processing a signal emanating from a multi-path transmission medium. A number L of echoes of the signal received are detected, with L being greater than the number N of fingers of a “Rake” receiver, and there are selected N echoes from among the L echoes that are detected. At least some of the L echoes that are detected are echoes temporally correlated according to a determined correlation criterion. The selection step includes determining, as a function of the initial complex amplitudes associated with at least the temporally correlated echoes, weighted individual energies corresponding respectively to temporally decorrelated virtual echoes, and selecting from among the L echoes of N echoes as a function of a determined power criterion using at least the weighted individual energies.
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