Patent ID: 7738534

Claim:
A RAKE receiver for receiving signals in a multi-transmitter communication system comprising: a plurality of RAKE fingers configured to obtain despread values from received symbols, wherein a delay for a first one of the plurality of RAKE fingers corresponds to a symbol of interest transmitted by a first transmitter and a delay for a second one of the plurality of RAKE fingers corresponds to an interfering symbol transmitted by a second transmitter wherein the second transmitter is located in a different location than the first transmitter; a processor configured to determine channel response estimates, a noise covariance estimate and a cross-correlation between the symbol of interest and the interfering symbol; and a combiner configured to combine the despread values corresponding to the symbol of interest and the interfering symbol using the channel response estimates, the noise covariance estimate and the cross-correlation to reduce interference attributable to the interfering symbol from the symbol of interest.