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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:
Dec. 14, 1999

Filed:

Jun. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Karen A Brailean, Park Ridge, IL (US);

Mark S Nowak, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; H04B / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375227 ; 375346 ; 455 673 ; 455 63 ; 4552261 ;
Abstract

A received signal (310) includes information symbols ('D's') including equidistant symbols that are equidistant from the origin of a complex plane. The D's and corresponding interference signals ('I's') are formed (403) and the quantity of equidistant symbols determined (407). A desired signal portion average is based (409) on the received signal. When the quantity of equidistant symbols exceeds a threshold, an undesired signal portion average is based (413) exclusively on the I's corresponding to the equidistant symbols. Otherwise, the undesired signal portion average is based (423) on the I's corresponding to all received D's, including the equidistant symbols. A received signal quality value is then based on a ratio of the desired signal portion average and the undesired signal portion average.


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