Patent ID: 7231000

Claim:
A method for operating a wireless device, the method comprising: receiving a data signal; accumulating a first sample sum value for a first set of DC compensated samples of the received data signal, the first set of DC compensated samples corresponding to a first timing hypothesis; accumulating a second sample sum for a second set of DC compensated samples of the received data signal, the second set of DC compensated samples corresponding to a second timing hypothesis; accumulating a third sample sum value for a third set of DC compensated samples of the received data signal, the third set of DC compensated samples corresponding to a third timing hypothesis; computing a first averaged sample sum using the first sample sum; computing a second averaged sample sum using the second sample sum; computing a third averaged sample sum using the third sample sum; identifying the maximum of the first averaged sample sum, the second averaged sample sum, and the third averaged sample sum; and generating an output symbol corresponding to the identified maximum.