Qualcomm Incorporated

Hyuck-Chan Kwon

Keum-Chan Whang

A novel and improved method and apparatus in a communication system (100) provides for efficient processing of received signals. The method and apparatus includes converting an encoded and spectrum spread received signal to received samples, determining a first channel estimate based on a first set of pilot signal samples. The first set of pilot signal samples are included in the received samples. The received samples are passed through a correlation and decoding process in accordance with the first channel estimate to produce decoded received samples. The decoded received samples are re-encoded and re-spreaded to produce re-encoded and re-spread samples. The re-encoded and re-spread samples are modified based on the first channel estimate to produce channel modified re-encoded and re-spread samples. The received samples pass through an interference cancellation that uses the channel modified re-encoded and re-spread samples to produce a new set of received samples.

Method and apparatus for interference cancellation in a communication system

A novel and improved method and apparatus for controlling signal power level in a communication system ( ) is provided by determining first and second signal to interference ratios of a received signal, respectively before and after an interference cancellation, determining a difference between the first and second signal to interference ratios, and determining, based on the difference, a signal to interference threshold for controlling power level of a signal transmitted from a source of the received signal.

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Hyuck-Chan Kwon