Patent ID: 7881670

Claim:
A method for reducing distortion of an input power level determination of signals in a selected channel bandpass of at least one of the wideband input signals of a smart antenna caused by at least one signal outside said selected channel bandpass entering said smart antenna, said method including the steps of: a. adapting said smart antenna using a representation of said wideband input signals with said wideband signals including a desired signal in said selected channel and at least one signal outside said selected channel bandpass with at least one said signal outside said selected channel bandpass entering said smart antenna to generate a smart antenna output signal in said selected channel bandpass including said desired signal with reduced interference so that said smart antenna reduces said interference in said selected channel bandpass only; and b. separately correlating said representation of each one of at least one of said wideband input signals with a representation of said smart antenna output signal generated in step a. to generate a correlator output signal including a representation of a correlation between said representation of the associated one of said wideband input signals and said representation of said smart antenna output signal with said correlator output signal being a representation of said input power level of at least said desired signal of said signals in said selected channel bandpass of the associated one of said wideband input signals.