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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Gregory E. Bottomley, Cary, NC (US);
Paul W. Dent, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Ross W. Lampe, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
In a receiver for receiving data samples including a sequence of symbol values transmitted across the channel, a baseband processor including a first hypothesize unit developing first sets of hypothetical symbol values, a second hypothesize unit developing second sets of hypothetical symbol values different from the first sets, a parameter estimator receiving the received data samples and the first and second sets of hypothetical symbol values and developing parameter estimates based thereon, and a sequence estimator receiving the developed parameter estimates, the first sets of hypothetical symbol values and a delayed version of the received data samples and developing a sequence of detected symbol values related to the received data samples.