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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
M. Jean-Gabriel Remy, le Perreux, FR;
Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone, Paris la Defense, FR;
Abstract
A mobile radiocommunication terminal includes a first antenna with a first polarization and a second antenna with a second polarization. The antennas are separate and are both used to receive signals. Signals received by the first and second antennas are combined in polarization diversity. Specifically, for each distinct polarization, a Viterbi decoding means outputs the most probable signals and a probability factor associated with the most probable signals. A digital signal processor includes, for each distinct polarization, weighting means that weight the most probable signals by the associated probability factor, and means for summating the signal outputs from the weighting means.