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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Thomas J. Kenney, San Diego, CA (US);
Nick Carbone, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Kenney, San Diego, CA (US);
Nick Carbone, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Limited, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for estimating the channel phase of a communication channel upon which data is communicated. When implemented in an IS-95 cellular communication system in which 1xEV-DO technology is deployed, the channel phase estimate provided by an estimator is based upon both a pilot signal and a MAC-data signal. MAC-data bits are removed out of the MAC-data signal by a MAC bit processor, and the resultant indications are combined with indications of a pilot signal to form the channel phase estimate.