Abstract: A communication device including a per finger interference reducer adapted to remove an interference effect of at least one pilot signal from the output of a despreader of the finger.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system for detecting a transmitted signal according to a detection algorithm selected from two or more detection algorithms based on a predetermined selection criterion.

Abstract: A method of receiving messages by a communication terminal. The method includes receiving symbols of a frame of a transmitted encoded message, and decoding the frame based on fewer received symbols than the number of symbols in the frame.

Abstract: A transmitter has a transmission path with an IQ modulator and a feedback path with an IQ demodulator. DC offset is determined by estimating a DC offset of the IQ demodulator, adaptively estimating a DC offset of the IQ modulator at least partially from the demodulator DC offset, subtracting the estimated demodulator DC offset from the feedback path and subtracting the estimated modulator DC offset from the transmission path.

Abstract: Briefly, a method to decode a block of information of a turbo code to produce a decoded block. The method may determine from a structure of an error detection code one or more possible error patterns and may generate a reliability metric based on one or more of the one or more possible error patterns and the decoded block.

Abstract: A packet of encoded data is received and decoded using a look-up table that stores information approximating output of an algorithmic decoding process.

Abstract: A transmitter has a transmission path with an IQ modulator and a feedback path with an IQ demodulator. DC offset is determined by estimating a DC offset of the IQ demodulator, adaptively estimating a DC offset of the IQ modulator at least partially from the demodulator DC offset, subtracting the estimated demodulator DC offset from the feedback path and subtracting the estimated modulator DC offset from the transmission path.

Abstract: A portable radio receiver and a method of operating the radio receiver during Standby Mode is provided. The method comprises deactivating at least part of a receive path of a receiver until the start of a data-detection time interval in a frame in the event that estimated values of predetermined characteristics of a signal received by the receiver during the frame are within corresponding thresholds. The predetermined characteristics are affected by pre-conditioning functions performed on the receiver prior to the start of the data-detection time interval.

Abstract: A communication system has base stations, a network controller and mobile stations. Over-the-air signal structures allow diversity methods to be employed with diversity combining done at a receiver of one of the mobile stations. A feedback mechanism reports base-to-mobile channel information including the diversity state back to the network to control the efficiency of the mobile.

Abstract: A method of generating values of a predistortion look up table for linearization of a transmitter. The method includes accumulating a plurality of pairs of values representing input and output values of samples entering one or more non-linear elements of the transmitter, fitting the pairs of values into a parameteric model of at least one of the one or more non-linear elements, so as to determine values for the parameters of the parameteric model, and generating values of the look up table responsive to the fitted parameteric model.

Abstract: A system to decode a multirate CDMA signal. In one aspect the system includes a high rate detector to generate high rate outputs based upon decoding an input signal that includes high rate users and low rate users. The high rate outputs include actual high rate users and effective high rate users. A second stage applies a first linear transformation to the high rate outputs to generate second stage outputs. A third stage applies a second linear transformation to the second stage outputs to generate decoupled low rate user outputs and decoupled actual high rate user outputs.

Abstract: The present invention is a channel estimator based on the values of received data and on a priori probabilities only of received symbols. The channel estimator includes a symbol probability generator, a noise variance estimator and a channel tap estimator. The symbol probability generator generates a priori probabilities only of transmitted symbols found in the received signal(s). The noise variance estimator estimates at least one noise variance corrupting the received signal(s). The channel tap estimator generates channel estimates from the received signal(s), the a priori probabilities and the noise variance(s).

Abstract: In a receiver having at least two fingers, the fingers tracking at least one path of a multipath channel, a method includes the steps of forming a finger block of at least two of the two fingers and jointly tracking the fingers of said finger block. The step of jointly tracking includes the steps of generating direction metrics of each of a set of possible directions of joint movement of the fingers of the finger block, selecting one of the direction metrics according to a predetermined criterion, and moving the fingers of the finger block in the directions indicated by the selected direction metric.

Abstract: A portable radio receiver and a method of operating the radio receiver during Standby Mode is provided. The method comprises deactivating at least part of a receive path of a receiver until the start of a data-detection time interval in a frame in the event that estimated values of predetermined characteristics of a signal received by the receiver during the frame are within corresponding thresholds. The predetermined characteristics are affected by pre-conditioning functions performed on the receiver prior to the start of the data-detection time interval.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for receiving spread-spectrum signals is provided. The method includes the steps of detecting a noisy user signal from a spread-spectrum signal including at least a first user signal (including data therein) and at least one pilot signal, and removing an interference effect of the pilot signal on the first user signal from the noisy user signal thereby to create a noise reduced user signal.

Abstract: Synchronization in a CDMA system includes processing at least one non-pilot channel and determining whether a base station is synchronized based on the results of processing.

Abstract: A multi-user detector of transmitted signals includes a bank of despreaders and a processor. Each despread signal (produced by the despreaders) has cyclic and channel variations. The bank of despreaders despreads the transmitted signals to produce despreaded signals and the processor receives the despreaded signals and separately processes the cyclic and the channel variations. The processor includes a cyclic variation processor and a channel variation processor. The cyclic variation processor generally processes the cyclic variation of the transmitted signals and the channel variation processor communicates with the cyclic variation processor and processes at least the channel variation of the transmitted signals. The cyclic variation processor includes a weighting operator which weights the transmitted signals with at least one tap weight and a tap weight generator which generates the at least one tap weight at least from a cyclic code.

Abstract: A battery-powered portable radio receiver and a method of operating the battery-powered radio receiver during Standby Mode in order to decrease battery-current drain is provided. In Standby Mode, a receive path of the radio receiver is activated during a data-detection time interval for the detection of data destined for selected receivers, and a preconditioning time interval for performing pre-conditioning functions with respect to the receiver before the data-detection time interval.

Abstract: The present invention is a channel estimator based on the values of received data and on a priori probabilities only of received symbols. The channel estimator includes a symbol probability generator, a noise variance estimator and a channel tap estimator. The symbol probability generator generates a priori probabilities only of transmitted symbols found in the received signal(s). The noise variance estimator estimates at least one noise variance corrupting the received signal(s). The channel tap estimator generates channel estimates from the received signal(s), the a priori probabilities and the noise variance(s).

Abstract: A receiver includes a searcher to identify pilot signals within a received signal and a pilot tracking unit to continuously track pilot signals identified by the searcher. The pilot signals tracked by the pilot tracking unit may include pilot signals associated with an affiliated base station as well as pilot signals associated with non-affiliated base stations. In at least one embodiment, the pilot tracking unit continuously tracks most or all of the pilot signals identified by the searcher.