Patent ID: 7050481

Claim:
In a communication system employing coded signals, a method of extracting a desired coded signal from a composite signal comprising the desired signal and one or more interfering coded signals, the method comprising: a) receiving a composite signal; b) processing, for each received signal code, individual signals in a first signal processor; c) determining transport format indicator (TFI) signals using buffer and decoder circuits to provide a bit rate of a particular frame for at least one interfering signal; d) dividing a TFI signal path into first and second signal paths; e) wherein, in a first signal path, TFI signals are passed via a latch to provide the first signal processor with a TFI signal, whereby to assign the bit rate of said particular frame for a next frame; and f) wherein, in the second path, TFI signals are passed to a further signal processor to adjust the bit rate of an output signal.