Abstract: Thermal drifts compensation method in a gaging device (1) with a transducer; the compensation method includes the steps of: determining and storing, in the course of a calibration operation, values of a thermal compensation coefficient (K) upon variation of a temperature (T) of the gaging device (1); detecting, in the course of a gaging operation, a current reading (X) of the gaging device (1); detecting, in the course of the gaging operation, a current temperature (T) of the gaging device (1); determining, in the course of the gaging operation, the current value of the thermal compensation coefficient (K) by means of the values of the thermal compensation coefficient (K) previously determined and stored in the course of the calibration operation as a function of both the current temperature (T) of the gaging device (1) and the current reading (X) of the gaging device (1); and correcting, in the course of the gaging operation, the current reading (X) of the gaging device (1) by means of the current value of t

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for channel estimation. The method of channel estimation for slotted radio communication systems, in particular, mobile communication systems determines a least squares estimate of the channel and refines such estimate by a noise reduction through a Reduced-Complexity approach. The refinement includes determination of spatial and temporal subspaces respectively comprising the actual directions of arrival of the signal among all distinguishable directions and the actual times of arrival of the signal among all distinguishable times of arrival, and the projection of the least squares estimate on said subspaces.