Abstract: A voice activity detector (100) includes a frame divider (201) for dividing frames of an input signal into consecutive sub-frames, an energy level estimator (202) for estimating an energy level of the input signal in each of the consecutive sub-frames, a noise eliminator (203) for analyzing the estimated energy levels of sets of the sub-frames to detect and eliminate from enhancement noise sub-frames and to indicate remaining sub-frames as speech sub-frames, and an energy level enhancer (205) for enhancing the estimated energy level for each of the indicated speech sub-frames by an amount which relates to a detected change of the estimated energy level for a current speech sub-frame relative to that for neighboring speech sub-frames.

Abstract: A voice activity detector (100) includes a frame divider (201) for dividing frames of an input signal into consecutive sub-frames, an energy level estimator (202) for estimating an energy level of the input signal in each of the consecutive sub-frames, a noise eliminator (203) for analyzing the estimated energy levels of sets of the sub-frames to detect and eliminate from enhancement noise sub-frames and to indicate remaining sub-frames as speech sub-frames, and an energy level enhancer (205) for enhancing the estimated energy level for each of the indicated speech sub-frames by an amount which relates to a detected change of the estimated energy level for a current speech sub-frame relative to that for neighboring speech sub-frames.

Abstract: In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a method (400) and a base station (140) for providing a plurality of transmit diversity protocols in a wireless communication system are described herein. In particular, the base station (140) generates a first signal based on a first data stream with a first pilot and a second data stream with a second pilot. That is, the first signal includes the first and second pilots. The first pilot is based on a first orthogonal code and the second pilot is based on a second orthogonal code. The base station (140) generates a second signal based on the first data stream with the first pilot and the second data stream with the second pilot such that the second signal including the first and second pilots is diverse relative to the first signal. Further, the base station (140) phase-shift modulates the first signal to produce a phase-shift modulated signal.

Abstract: In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a method (400) and a base station (140) for providing phase-shift transmit diversity in a wireless communication system are described herein. The base station (140) phase-shift modulates a first signal with a reference signal to produce a first phase-shift modulated signal including a first phase shift. Further, the base station phase-shift modulates a second signal with the reference signal to produce a second phase-shift modulated signal including a second phase shift. The second phase shift is distinct from the first phase shift such that the second phase-shift modulated signal is diverse relative to the first phase-shift modulated signal. Accordingly, the base station transmits the first phase-shift modulated signal via a first antenna and the second phase-shift modulated signal via a second antenna to a plurality of mobile stations.