Abstract: The present invention relates to receiver apparatuses and methods of controlling weight adaptation in a receiver of a code multiplex telecommunications system with orthogonal spreading codes, wherein received discrete time signal samples are chip-level filtered by using a first equalising step. Additionally, the received discrete time signal samples are delayed by a time period corresponding to a data symbol and used in a second equalising step. Symbol estimates obtained from the first equalising step are non-linearly filtered and used as a desired response for the second equalising step in the following symbol period, wherein equaliser weights adapted in the second equalising step are used for the first equalising step. Alternatively, the second equalising step may be dispensed with and weight adaptation may be incorporated in a single equalising step.

Abstract: A scheme determines the first significant path (FSP) of a received multipath signal, from data defining the relative delay and the amplitude of the individual signal paths occurring in a series of time frames. The scheme includes filtering the data to spread the signal paths, performing a persistence test between frames to reject spurious signal paths, combining the energy of the signal paths in a frame, applying a test to determine the time at which the combined energy satisfies a criterion, and selecting the FSP dependent on that time. The combined energy may be evaluated within a sliding window, and the position of the window within the frame determined that maximizes the combined energy. Alternatively, the combined energy may be evaluated as the cumulative energy through the frame, and the position determined at which the cumulative energy reaches a threshold.