Patent ID: 7421261

Claim:
A method of identifying, from a finite set of alternatives ({p 1 , p 2 , . . . , p m }), a property of a particular incoming signal (r(n)), comprising the steps of: deriving from the incoming signal (r(n)), for each of the alternatives, a respective quality measure (q 1 , q 2 , . . . , q m ) representing a particular property of the incoming signal (r(n)); identifying a property (p i ) of the incoming signal (r(n)), which corresponds to a quality measure (q i ) that best fulfills a blind selection criterion; and, deriving the quality measures (q 1 , q 2 , . . . , q m ) in consideration of interference rejection with respect to unwanted signal components in the incoming signal (r(n)); wherein m is a positive integer and i ranges from 1 to m.