Patent ID: 8804879

Claim:
A system comprising: a receiver configured to: receive a sample of an inter-symbol correlated (ISC) signal, said sample corresponding to a time instant when phase and/or amplitude of said ISC signal is a result of correlation among a plurality of symbols of a transmitted symbol sequence; linearize said sample of said ISC signal; calculate a residual signal value based on said linearized sample of said ISC signal; and generate an estimate of one or more of said plurality of symbols based on said residual signal value, wherein: said receiver is configured to generate one or more branch vector hypotheses based on said residual signal value; each of said one or more hypotheses comprises a plurality of symbols; said receiver is configured to generate said estimate of said one or more of said plurality of symbols based on said one or more branch vector hypotheses; and a quantity of branch vector hypotheses in said one or more branch vector hypotheses is determined per sample of said ISC signal such that different quantities of branch vectors hypotheses may be generated for consecutive samples of said ISC signal.