Patent ID: 8654913
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a signal at a receiver over a wireless channel; sampling the signal to produce a plurality of signal samples; supplying the samples to an equalizer implemented in software running on a processor of the receiver, the equalizer being configured to process the samples using at least one equalizer time period having a nominal length; dynamically determining one or more characteristics of said channel; in dependence on the determined channel characteristics, dynamically selecting between a first operational state of the equalizer in which the nominal length is used and a second operational state of the equalizer in which an alternative length is used in place of said nominal length, whereby the equalizer time period length is selected between only two options, being the nominal length and the alternative length; and processing the samples in said equalizer using the determined equalizer time period length.