Abstract: A method of processing first and second corresponding signals having a delay therebetween. The method includes introducing a plurality of different delays between the first and second signals, successive delay amounts differing from each other by less than the interval between chip boundaries, and for each introduced delay, summing samples of the second signal which are obtained at the times of, at least, chip boundaries between bits of the first signal which have the same state, to obtain a value; thereby to obtain a representation of how the value varies according to the introduced delay, which representation contains a level change associated with an introduced delay which bears a predetermined relationship to the delay between the first and second signals.

Abstract: A method of processing first and second corresponding signals having a delay therebetween, at least the first signal being a binary signal having chip boundaries, comprises: introducing a plurality of different delays between the first and second signals, successive delay amounts differing from each other by less than the interval between chip boundaries, and for each introduced delay, summing samples of the second signal which are obtained at the times of, at least, chip boundaries between bits of the first signal which have the same state, to obtain a value; thereby to obtain a representation of how the value varies according to the introduced delay, which representation contains a level change associated with an introduced delay which bears a predetermined relationship to the delay between the first and second signals.

Abstract: A synchronization pulse representing a symbol boundary in a signal such as an OFDM signal is obtained by deriving a first signal representing the difference between the amplitudes of samples separated by the useful part of an OFDM symbol, a second signal representing the phase difference between the samples, and combining the first and second signals to derive a resultant signal. The resultant signal is examined and the synchronization pulse generated in response to the signal changing in a predetermined manner.

Abstract: In an OFDM receiver the complex values of predetermined pilot sub-carriers are compared with expected values to determine pilot distortion values for those sub-carriers. The phases of the differences between successive values are determined, and then the rate at which these phases change with respect to sub-carrier frequency is determined. Data distortion estimates for other sub-carriers can be calculated by interpolation of the pilot distortion values such that the data distortion estimates have a phase which substantially complies with the determined rate.

Abstract: A synchronisation pulse representing a symbol boundary in a signal such as an OFDM signal is obtained by deriving a first signal representing the difference between the amplitudes of samples separated by the useful part of an OFDM symbol, a second signal representing the phase difference between the samples, and combining the first and second signals to derive a resultant signal. The resultant signal is examined and the synchronisation pulse generated in response to the signal changing in a predetermined manner.

Abstract: In an OFDM receiver the complex values of predetermined pilot sub-carriers are compared with expected values to determine pilot distortion values for those sub-carriers. The phases of the differences between successive values are determined, and then the rate at which these phases change with respect to sub-carrier frequency is determined. Data distortion estimates for other sub-carriers can be calculated by interpolation of the pilot distortion values such that the data distortion estimates have a phase which substantially complies with the determined rate.