Patent ID: 8340170

Claim:
A receiver for receiving a data signal having a channel profile, comprising an equalizer, to which the data signal is feedable, the equalizer having a plurality of filters and a switching device coupled to at least a plurality of the plurality of filters, a selection device, which is disposed such that it determines a first number and a second number in dependence on the channel profile, the channel profile including at least two signal energy clusters, a first of the clusters having a signal energy peak offset in time from a signal energy peak of a second of the clusters, and each of the at least two signal energy clusters having a width defined at least by multipath components, and a memory coupled to the equalizer, the memory to store the first of the clusters in a first memory section and the second of the clusters in a second memory section, wherein the switching device is disposed such that it connects a number of the plurality of filters corresponding to the first number to form a first overall filter and connects a number of the plurality of filters corresponding to the second number to form a second overall filter, and the switching device enables the first overall filter to receive the first of the clusters stored in the first memory section and enables the second overall filter to receive the second of the clusters stored in the second memory section.