Patent ID: 7277500

Claim:
A method for processing and detecting a signal in a telecommunications system, the method comprising: forming a sample set from received signal and forming a set of absolute values from absolute values of sample set elements, the method further comprising: arranging the elements of the absolute value set in the ascending order; setting a threshold value; determining the number of elements of a reference set to be formed; forming a reference set comprising a predetermined number of elements of the absolute value set in the ascending order; computing a reference value by multiplying the mean or median of the reference set by the threshold value; comparing the greatest element of the reference set with the reference value; increasing the number of reference set elements for forming a new reference set when the greatest reference set element is smaller than the reference value; reiterating at least one of forming a reference set, computing a reference value, comparing the greatest element of the reference set or increasing the number of reference set elements, until a predetermined ending condition is fulfilled; forming an accepted absolute value set and a corresponding sample set by deleting the greatest element from the reference set when the predetermined ending condition is fulfilled for detecting the signal.