Patent ID: 8098723

Claim:
An apparatus for equalizing received signals, the apparatus comprising: (1) a first reference generator adapted to generate one or more reference signals from a first set of one or more received signals, the first reference generator comprising: (a) a first equalizer adapted to equalize the first set of one or more received signals based on at least one pilot channel in the received signals to generate a first set of one or more equalized signals; (b) a first decoder adapted to process the first set of one or more equalized signals to generate a first set of one or more decoded data streams corresponding to a first set of one or more non-pilot channels in the received signals; (c) a symbol decision block and a chip-sequence regenerator adapted to generate the one or more reference signals from the first set of one or more decoded data streams; and (2) a second equalizer adapted to equalize a second set of one or more received signals based on both (i) the at least one pilot channel and (ii) the one or more reference signals to generate a second set of one or more equalized signals.