Patent ID: 8467438

Claim:
A receiver operable to receive a first signal transmitted on a first carrier and to receive a second signal transmitted on a second carrier, said receiver comprising: a channel estimation portion operable to output a first channel estimation based on the first signal and a second channel estimation based on the second signal; a multicarrier nonlinear equalizer operable to output a first equalized signal based on the first signal and the first channel estimation, and based on interference effects associated with one or more adjacent signals including the second signal, and a second equalized signal based on the second signal and the second channel estimation, and based on interference effects associated with one or more adjacent signals including the first signal; a first log likelihood ratio computing portion operable to output a first log likelihood ratio signal based on the first equalized signal; a second log likelihood ratio computing portion operable to output a second log likelihood ratio signal based on the second equalized signal; wherein said multicarrier nonlinear equalizer is further operable to output a third equalized signal based on the first signal, the first channel estimation and the first log likelihood ratio signal, and a fourth equalized signal based on the second signal, the second channel estimation and the second log likelihood ratio signal; wherein the first log likelihood ratio computing portion is further operable to output a third log likelihood ratio signal based on the third equalized signal and the first log likelihood ratio signal; and wherein the second log likelihood ratio computing portion is operable to output a fourth log likelihood ratio signal based on the fourth equalized signal and the second log likelihood ratio signal.