Patent ID: 6947477

Claim:
Profile-creating apparatus for creating at least a first profile associated with transmission upon at least a first channel of at least a first burst-data signal transmitted in bursts to a receiving station, said profile-creating apparatus comprising: a profile parameter determiner coupled to receive an indication of an initial burst of the first burst data signal transmitted upon the first channel to the receiving station, said profile parameter determiner for determining a value of at least one signal-related parameter and at least one channel-related parameter, wherein the signal-related and channel-related parameters are collectively representative of communication of the first burst data signal over the first channel to the receiving station; and a profile parameter storage device coupled to said profile parameter determiner, said profile parameter storage device for storing values representative of the at least one signal-related parameter and the at least one channel-related parameter determnined by said profile parameter determiner, the values stored at said profile parameter storage device to be used to facilitate receive operations performed at the receiving station on subsequent bursts of the first burst data signal.