Patent ID: 7702026

Claim:
A method of detecting multiple-input multiple-output (MiMO) transmissions, comprising: performing by one or more processors and/or circuits integrated within a single chip: receiving a plurality of signals; combining the plurality of signals to produce a plurality of combined signals, the plurality of combined signals including: a first spatial stream, representing a series of first transmitted constellation points, each transmitted constellation point being a member of a first set of candidate constellation points, and each candidate constellation point representing a contribution to the plurality of combined signals, and a second spatial stream, representing a series of second transmitted constellation points, each second transmitted constellation point being a member of a second set of candidate constellation points; and for each candidate constellation point of the first set of candidate constellation points: subtracting the contribution to the plurality of combined signals, and calculating a distance metric using a slicer to determine a closest candidate constellation point among the second set of candidate constellation points.