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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Michiharu Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuyuki Oishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuo Nagatani, Kawasaki, JP;
Hajime Hamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Asano, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a demodulator which receives a signal transmitted via phase modulation or multivalue QAM modulation, and decides transmitted data based on the received signal. The present invention enhances a transmission-line estimate by using tentatively decided data symbols as pilot symbols and in estimating a transmission line without a decrease in accuracy of transmission-line estimate even when an error rate of the tentatively decided data symbols is increased. The demodulator includes a pilot-based transmission-line estimation unit for estimating transmission-line characteristics by using pilot symbols. A tentative-data-decision unit for tentatively deciding data symbols based on the pilot-based transmission-line estimate. A data-based transmission-line estimation unit for estimating the transmission-line characteristics by using the tentatively decided data. Weight-coefficient-multiplication units for multiplying pilot-based and data-based transmission-line estimates by respective weights having a ratio therebetween varying in accordance with reliability of the tentatively ascertained data. A pilot&data-based transmission-line estimation unit for obtaining a transmission-line estimate by averaging weighted transmission-line estimates.