Abstract: The present invention is related to a generalized rake receiver for a wireless communication system. The rake receiver comprises a plurality of finger correlators and a plurality of escort correlators. Each finger correlator demodulates each multipath components of the transmitted signal. The escort correlator is used for multipath tracking for optimal finger placement and weight estimation for demodulation. The escort correlator is located in vicinity of multipath center and is programmable within a chip and at a resolution finer than a chip. Weight vector is estimated using the estimate of the total base station energy based upon the pilot information from the base stations in soft-handoff.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radio repeater system that utilizes a number of spatially diverse receiving antennas, a signal measuring system associated with each of the antennas, a weighted signal combining means, with amplification and retransmission. The system operates by monitoring each of receiving antennas and then calculating the weighted inputs in the signal combining subsystem. The calculation of the weighted inputs is performed by any one of a number of methods, including maximum ratio combining (MRC), minimum mean square error combining (MMSE), and other methods.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a generalized rake receiver for a wireless communication system. The rake receiver comprises a plurality of finger correlators and a plurality of escort correlators. Each finger correlator demodulates each multipath components of the transmitted signal. The escort correlator is used for multipath tracking for optimal finger placement and weight estimation for demodulation. The escort correlator is located in vicinity of multipath center and is programmable within a chip and at a resolution finer than a chip. Weight vector is estimated using the estimate of the total base station energy based upon the pilot information from the base stations in soft-handoff.