Abstract: An apparatus, method and program for processing a signal received over a wireless channel. The apparatus comprises: a channel searcher configured to determine a profile of the channel in the form of energy values for a plurality of rays at respective channel positions, and an equalizer for equalizing the signal based on a variable window of the equalizer. The channel searcher is configured to estimate dispersion of the channel by determining a measure of variance of ray distance from a reference position within the channel profile weighted by ray energy. The equalizer is coupled to the channel searcher and arranged to adapt the window in dependence on the measure of energy-weighted ray distance variance.

Abstract: A method, receiver and program for processing a signal received using a wireless communication channel by a receiver in a wireless cellular network. The method comprises: receiving signal samples of a signal to be processed from a serving cell; identifying a set of dominant interfering cells generating an interfering signal above a level; using the number of cells in the set to select an interference scenario; and using the selected interference scenario and at least one parameter related to the serving cell and the interfering cells to select a processing function for processing the signal.

Abstract: A method, receiver and program for equalising a radio signal comprising a sequence of data samples multiplexed with a sequence of pilot samples. The method comprises; calculating equaliser coefficients by computing cross-correlations of the received signal and known pilot samples available at the receiver and auto-correlations of the received signal; and equalising the received signal using the calculated coefficients.

Abstract: A method, receiver and program for equalizing digital samples of a radio signal received over a wireless communications channel. The method comprises: receiving digital samples of the radio signal; calculating equalizer coefficients in the frequency domain; transforming the equalizer coefficients from the frequency domain to the time domain; and equalizing the digital samples in the time domain using the transformed time domain equalizer coefficients.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of estimating a frequency offset. The method comprises receiving a wireless signal timed according to a first frequency; generating a local signal timed according to a second frequency; and performing a plurality of synchronization searches, each search comprising obtaining a set of correlation results indicative of a correlation between the wireless signal and the local signal at different timing offsets of the wireless signal relative to the local signal. The method the no comprises finding a series of results, with a result from each of a plurality of the synchronization searches, for which the difference in; timing offset between results from adjacent searches in the series is within a maximum specified value. A frequency off set between the first and second frequencies can be determined from the series.

Abstract: A method, receiver and program for processing a signal received using a wireless communication channel by a receiver in a wireless cellular network. The method comprises: receiving signal samples of a signal to be processed from a serving cell; identifying a set of dominant interfering cells generating an interfering signal above a level; using the number of cells in the set to select an interference scenario; and using the selected interference scenario and at least one parameter related to the serving cell and the interfering cells to select a processing function for processing the signal.

Abstract: A method, receiver and program for equalising a radio signal comprising a sequence of data samples multiplexed with a sequence of pilot samples. The method comprises; calculating equaliser coefficients by computing cross-correlations of the received signal and known pilot samples available at the receiver and auto-correlations of the received signal; and equalising the received signal using the calculated coefficients.

Abstract: A method, receiver and program for equalising digital samples of a radio signal received over a wireless communications channel. The method comprises: receiving digital samples of the radio signal; calculating equaliser coefficients in the frequency domain; transforming the equaliser coefficients from the frequency domain to the time domain; and equalising the digital samples in the time domain using the transformed time domain equaliser coefficients.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product for processing an input signal received over a channel of a wireless network at an apparatus. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of receiver processing means, wherein each one of the plurality of receiver processing means is repeatedly selected to perform the processing of the input signal for a respective time interval thereby generating a respective plurality of output signals and, only one of the receiver processing means is selected for said processing at a time. A respective quality measure of each of the plurality of output signals is compared. The selection of the plurality of receiver processing means is controlled in dependence upon the comparison of the quality measures of the output signals, such that the receiver processing means which generates the output signal having the quality measure indicating the highest quality is selected for the longest time interval.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and program for processing a signal received over a wireless channel. The apparatus comprises: a channel searcher configured to determine a profile of the channel in the form of energy values for a plurality of rays at respective channel positions, and an equaliser for equalising the signal based on a variable window of the equaliser. The channel searcher is configured to estimate dispersion of the channel by determining a measure of variance of ray distance from a reference position within the channel profile weighted by ray energy. The equaliser is coupled to the channel searcher and arranged to adapt the window in dependence on the measure of energy-weighted ray distance variance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of estimating a frequency offset. The method comprises receiving a wireless signal timed according to a first frequency; generating a local signal timed according to a second frequency; and performing a plurality of synchronization searches, each search comprising obtaining a set of correlation results indicative of a correlation between the wireless signal and the local signal at different timing offsets of the wireless signal relative to the local signal. The method the no comprises finding a series of results, with a result from each of a plurality of the synchronization searches, for which the difference in; timing offset between results from adjacent searches in the series is within a maximum specified value. A frequency off set between the first and second frequencies can be determined from the series.

Abstract: A signal path, such as receiver signal path of a mobile station, includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) for representing an input signal as n-bits, the n-bit representation including a DC offset component. The signal path also includes a summing node having a first input for inputting the n-bit output of the ADC and a second input for inputting a k-bit representation of a DC offset component compensation value, where k=n+m, where m is a number of bits that represent a value smaller than one least significant bit (LSB) of said n-bit representation. The summing node operates to subtract the value appearing at the second input from the value appearing at the first input, and outputs a k-bit DC offset compensated value.