Patent ID: 7103094

Claim:
A method of interference reduction in a spread spectrum receiver including a rake receiver having a plurality of fingers for processing a plurality of data signals and an associated plurality of pilot signals, the method comprising: generating a plurality of intra-finger interference cancellation signals using said plurality of pilot signals, each of said plurality of intra-finger interference cancellation signals being associated with one of said plurality of fingers; weighting ones of said plurality of intra-finger interference cancellation signals so as to generate a set of weighted intra-finger interference cancellation signals; synthesizing at least one inter-finger interference cancellation signal in accordance with said set of weighted intra-finger interference cancellation signals; receiving, by said plurality of fingers, said at least one inter-finger interference cancellation signal, wherein different ones of the plurality of fingers can receive different of said at least one inter-finger interference cancellation signal; and subtracting said at least one inter-finger cancellation signal from one of said plurality of data signals.