Patent Document ID: 20040198265
Application ID: 10376486
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for decoding a multiple received radio frequency (RF) signal, the method comprises: converting the multiple received RF signal into a plurality of digital baseband signals; phase aligning the plurality of digital baseband signals to produce a plurality of phase aligned digital baseband signals; determining a plurality of error terms from the plurality of phase aligned digital baseband signals, wherein one of the plurality of error terms has a corresponding one of the plurality of phase aligned digital baseband signals; determining a plurality of weighting factors for the plurality of error terms based on characteristics of the plurality of digital baseband signals, wherein one of the plurality of weighting factors has a corresponding one of the plurality of error terms; applying the plurality of weighting factors to the plurality of error terms to produce a plurality of weighted error terms; summing the plurality of weighted error terms to produce an error term; and decoding the error term to recapture data from the multiple received RF signal.