Patent ID: 7684524

Claim:
A method for adjusting a setting of a gain control loop of a receiver with respect to a selected timeslot of time frame format, the method comprising: processing a first plurality of samples of a data signal received in the selected timeslot of a current time frame with an initial gain factor; determining, from the first plurality of samples, a first number of the first samples which exceed a saturation criteria; comparing the first number to a threshold number and erasing the first plurality of samples on a condition that the first number is greater than the threshold number; processing a second plurality of samples of the data signal received in the selected timeslot of the current time frame that are processed with a gain factor adjusted based, at least in part, upon the first number; determining, from the second plurality of samples, a second number of the second samples which exceed the saturation criteria; comparing the second number to the threshold number and erasing the second plurality of samples on a condition that the second number is greater than the threshold number; and processing a third plurality of samples of the data signal received in the selected timeslot of the current time frame that are processed with a gain factor adjusted based, at least in part, upon the second number.