Patent ID: 6618434
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A multimode rake receiver, comprising:a network interface; a plurality of adaptive multimode rake fingers coupled to the network interface, the plurality of adaptive multimode rake fingers comprising a first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements having at least two different fixed architectures, wherein the first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements are configurable to form the plurality of adaptive multimode rake fingers, the first plurality of heterogeneous computational elements are capable of responding to a first mode signal to configure for a first functional mode for path reception, capable of responding to a second mode signal to configure for a second functional mode for searching, and capable of responding to a third mode signal to configure for a third functional mode; and a multimode processor coupled to the plurality of adaptive multimode rake fingers, the multimode processor capable of responding to the first mode signal to configure for the first functional mode for path reception, capable of responding to the second mode signal to configure for the second functional mode for searching, and further capable of responding to the third mode signal to configure for a third functional mode.