Patent ID: 7684504

Claim:
A channel estimator, comprising: an extension circuit configured to receive a pilot signal, to add a front extension signal to a front of the pilot signal, and to add a back extension signal to a back of the pilot signal, to create a first intermediate signal, the front extension signal being an extension of a first symbol in the pilot signal, and the back extension signal being an extension of a last symbol in the pilot signal; an inverse discrete Fourier transform circuit configured to perform an inverse discrete Fourier transform function on the first intermediate signal to generate a second intermediate signal; a signal processing element configured to perform one or more operations on the second intermediate signal to generate a third intermediate signal; a discrete Fourier transform circuit configured to perform a discrete Fourier transform function on the third intermediate signal to generate a fourth intermediate signal; and a reduction circuit configured to truncate a front end of the fourth intermediate signal and a back end of the fourth intermediate signal to generate a channel estimation signal.