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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2002
Applicants:

Keith S Wilson, Bishop's Stortford, GB;

D. Damian N. Bevan, Bishop's Stortford, GB;

Inventors:

Keith S Wilson, Bishop's Stortford, GB;

D. Damian N. Bevan, Bishop's Stortford, GB;

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods of improving channel estimation are described, in which pilot symbols are inserted into orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frames at an OFDM transmitter having at least one transmitting antenna, wherein for the or each antenna, historical data regarding channel conditions is obtained so that the scattered pilot symbols are inserted in a scattered pattern dependent upon said historical data. Alternatively, or in addition, an adaptive channel estimation filter is used whose parameters are selected according to analysis of historical data regarding channel conditions.


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