Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for estimating channel parameters in spread spectrum communication systems. A first method is accomplished by receiving a base station signal and then demodulating the base station signal. After demodulating the base station signal, a maximum signal is selected from the base station signal. If the maximum signal is the common pilot channel, then the channel parameters are estimated directly from the common pilot channel. If the maximum signal is not the common pilot channel, then the demodulated base station signal is iteratively fed back for further demodulation and re-selection of the maximum signal until the maximum signal is the common pilot channel. A second method is accomplished by incorporating channel estimates made from the interfering signals in a constructive manner to the first method.

Abstract: Desired information is recovered from a communications signal that includes interference by processing the communications signal to produce a baseband signal and detecting a spreading sequence from the baseband signal. An estimate of an interfering signal component of the baseband signal associated with the detected spreading sequence is generated, and new version of the baseband signal is generated from a previous version of the baseband signal based on the generated estimate of the interfering signal component. The desired information is estimated from the new version of the baseband signal. The spreading sequence preferably is detected by resolving, e.g., descrambling, a version of the baseband signal into a plurality of signal components, respective ones of which are associated with respective propagation paths. The resolved plurality of signal components are correlated with a set of spreading sequences to generate respective sets of correlations for respective ones of the resolved signal components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for estimating channel parameters in spread spectrum communication systems. A first method is accomplished by receiving a base station signal and then demodulating the base station signal. After demodulating the base station signal, a maximum signal is selected from the base station signal. If the maximum signal is the common pilot channel, then the channel parameters are estimated directly from the common pilot channel. If the maximum signal is not the common pilot channel, then the demodulated base station signal is iteratively fed back for further demodulation and re-selection of the maximum signal until the maximum signal is the common pilot channel. A second method is accomplished by incorporating channel estimates made from the interfering signals in a constructive manner to the first method.