Patent ID: 8126095

Claim:
A multi input multi output (MIMO) receiver for receiving signals comprising: a plurality of equalizers responsive to aligned signals and operative to use the aligned signals and filter coefficients to generate a plurality of equalized outputs, said MIMO receiver for training said plurality of equalizers to adapt said filter coefficients for generating said plurality of equalized outputs, said MIMO receiver for combining said plurality of equalized outputs in time domain to generate a weighted output, said MIMO receiver for improving the quality of said weighted output by performing equalization prior to combining said plurality of equalized outputs; and an equalizer adaptation module having a plurality of training modules for training said plurality of equalizers by updating said filter coefficients, said equalization adaptation module including said plurality of equalizers, said equalizer adaptation module for generating a plurality of errors used by said plurality of training modules to update said filter coefficients, said equalizer adaptation module for minimizing said plurality of errors to generate said plurality of equalized outputs.