Patent ID: 7031415

Claim:
Method of receiving a signal transmitted by a transmitter (k) and arriving at an array of antennae after having propagated along a plurality of paths (i), comprising a filtering stage decomposing each antenna signal into separate signals (x l,i,k ) issuing from the different paths, a channel formation step forming path signals (y i,k ) from the said separate signals by means of a first set of complex coefficients (b l,i,k ), a combination step linearly combining the said path signals by means of a second set of complex coefficients (c i,k ) in order to supply a combined signal (z k ), the method being characterised in that a plurality of first error signals (ε i,k ) are formed between a reference value (q k ) of the signal transmitted and the said path signals (y i,k ) and in that a second error signal (ε″ k ) is formed between the said reference value and the said combined signal (z k ), the first and second sets of complex coefficients being adapted so as to respectively minimise the root mean square values of the first error signals and of the second error signal.