Patent ID: 6441786
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
A method comprising the steps of:receiving a plurality of signals, wherein each signal comprises an original signal, a summation of a plurality of reflections of the original signal, or a summation of the original signal and the plurality of reflections of the original signal, each of the plurality of received signals including a series of signal data symbols and signal non-data symbols with the signal non-data symbols disposed among the signal data symbols; separating the signal non-data symbols from the signal data symbols; comparing the signal non-data symbols to a set of known non-data symbols; and determining a set of weights according to the comparison of the signal non-data symbols to the set of known non-data symbols, the weights to be combined with more than one of the plurality of signals to limit the effect of interference on the signal data symbols.