Patent ID: 8681900

Claim:
A method for improving multichannel receiver performance, comprising: determining, for a first of a plurality of signals corresponding to a first of a plurality of channels received at the multichannel receiver, a first weighting metric; weighting, based at least in part on the first weighting metric, a first raw phase error signal associated with the first of the plurality of signals so as to generate a first weighted phase error signal; determining, for a second of the plurality of signals corresponding to a second of the plurality of channels received at the multichannel receiver, a second weighting metric; weighting, based at least in part on the second weighting metric, a second raw phase error signal associated with the second of the plurality of signals so as to generate a second weighted phase error signal; combining the first weighted phase error signal and the second weighted phase error signal so as to generate a common phase error feedback signal; and providing the common phase error feedback signal to a plurality of demodulator modules so as to correct phase errors in the demodulator modules.