Abstract: Signals received from channels exposed to multi-path propagation via a plurality of diversity antennas and including at least one pilot signal are processed by detecting a set of multi-path components for each received signal and computing a set of channel coefficients from multi-path components of the at least one pilot signal in the set of multi-path components. The set of channel coefficients is organized as a channel coefficient vector.

Abstract: Signals received from channels exposed to multi-path propagation via a plurality of diversity antennas and including at least one pilot signal are processed by detecting a set of multi-path components for each received signal and computing a set of channel coefficients from multi-path components of the at least one pilot signal in the set of multi-path components. The set of channel coefficients is organized as a channel coefficient vector.

Abstract: A method for interpolating between a first and a second point includes the steps of calculating a first distance between a first and a second independent value and a second distance between a first and a second dependent value, right shifting the first and the second distances by a predetermined number of bits for obtaining respectively a hold step and a variations step and generating a number of interpolated points, having independent values between the first and the second independent values and corresponding dependent values obtained by alternating hold and variations phases, wherein the hold phase consists of generating a number of points corresponding to the hold step having the same dependent value, and wherein the variations phase consists of varying the dependent value by the variations step until the number of interpolated points has been calculated. The method is particularly suitable for channel estimation in communication systems.