Patent ID: 8428180

Claim:
A method executable by a wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving a signal, wherein the signal includes an in-phase component and a quadrature component; estimating one or more symbols within the signal; analyzing a mismatch between the in-phase component of the signal and the quadrature component of the signal; based upon analyzing the mismatch between the in-phase component of the signal and the quadrature component of the signal, re-encoding the one or more symbols within the signal to generate a re-encoded signal; and multiplying the re-encoded signal by a correction matrix to correct the mismatch between the in-phase component and the quadrature component in the re-encoded signal to thereby generate a corrected re-encoded signal, wherein the correction matrix is an inverse matrix of a substantially best value gain mismatch and substantially best value phase mismatch model of the in-phase component and the quadrature component.