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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2003
Jukka Henriksson, Espoo, FI;
Jukka Henriksson, Espoo, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A receiverfor receiving a multi-carrier signal comprises detection means for detectingthe presence of impulse interference within the signal and identifying one or more samples of the signal affected by the impulse interference, means for selecting samples to be blanked, means for blanking the selected samples and meansfor estimating the blanked signal. The selected samples comprise those samples (lto l+k) identified as being affected by impulse interference and at least one of the following: a number of samples xpreceding the said identified samples (lto l+k) or a number of samples xfollowing the said identified samples (lto l+k). The blanking means may define the length of a blanking windowto have one of a plurality of different predetermined lengths, using the smallest of the predetermined lengths sufficient to encompass the selected samples.