Patent ID: 7418067

Claim:
A method for processing diversity signals, comprising: receiving a first plurality of diversity signals at a plurality of antennas, the first plurality of diversity signals comprising communicated information, the plurality of antennas associated with a plurality of channel paths; adjusting a phase of each diversity signal of at least a subset of the first plurality of diversity signals; combining the first plurality of diversity signals to form a combined signal; processing the combined signal to yield the communicated information; determining a combined complex channel gain estimate of the first plurality of diversity signals from the combined signal; calculating an individual complex channel gain estimate for each of the plurality of antennas from the combined complex channel gain estimate; establishing a plurality of phase adjustments associated with the plurality of channel paths according to the plurality of individual complex channel gain estimates; applying the plurality of phase adjustments to a second plurality of diversity signals, the second plurality of diversity signals comprising next communicated information; and processing the second plurality of diversity signals to yield the next communicated information, wherein a phase adjustment of the plurality of phase adjustments comprises a first phase adjustment and a second phase adjustment, the first phase adjustment based on an individual complex channel gain estimate, the second phase adjustment based on a signal-to-noise ratio.