Abstract: The transport format (TF) of a signal may be blindly detected from a reduced set of TF hypotheses. In an example embodiment, a method for the blind detection of a TF of a signal includes filtering a set of transport format hypotheses to identify a reduced set of TF hypotheses using one or more filtering schemes. From the reduced set of TF hypotheses, a TF that is associated with an interfering signal is detected. The TF includes a modulation and a spreading factor for the interfering signal. It may also include a number of channelization codes. In an example implementation, when an interfering signal is to be canceled, symbols carried by the signal are detected using the detected TF. Example filtering schemes include filtering based on system design/operation, filtering based on known configuration information, filtering based on an expected level of interference contribution, and so forth.