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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994

Filed:

Jul. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Lydie Desperben, Bois Colombes, FR;

Ouelid Abdesselem, Paris, FR;

Pierre-Francois Kamanou, Colombes, FR;

Assignee:

Alcatel N.V., Amsterdam, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375 14 ; 375 99 ; 375103 ;
Abstract

A digital signal is equalized, for example in cellular radio systems, to combat intersymbol interference. Each sample received is associated with an estimated symbol representing the transmitted symbol. The equalization process comprises an iterative stage of intersymbol interference elimination, each iteration comprising for each sample of a set of received samples whose value has not been determined during a previous iteration: comparing said sample with at least one confidence threshold and if said sample exceeds any of said thresholds: associating with said sample an estimated symbol whose value depends on said threshold exceeded, the value of said sample being then determined; and eliminating the intersymbol interference caused to other samples belonging to said set of received samples by said estimated symbol.


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