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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Jiangnan Chen, Darien, IL (US);
Ron Rotstein, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Yuda Luz, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Louay a Jalloul, Campbell, CA (US);
Jiangnan Chen, Darien, IL (US);
Ron Rotstein, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Yuda Luz, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Louay A Jalloul, Campbell, CA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A receiver () is provided receiving signals from differing base stations (BTSand BTS). The signal from BTSis encoded using a first rate convolutional encoder while the signal transmitted from BTSis encoded using a second rate convolutional encoder. Since the multiple base station links may result in a different number of symbols being received for each bit transmitted, the symbols received for each link cannot be simply combined. Therefore, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the resulting symbols are passed to multiple branch metric circuits (), where branch metrics (μ) for the symbols are obtained. After the ibranch metrics for the base stations are computed, the branch metrics for each base station are passed to a combiner () where they are combined.