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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Applicants:
Yonina C. Eldar, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alan V. Oppenheim, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Yonina C. Eldar, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alan V. Oppenheim, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A receiver for and method of processing received signals comprising a linear combination of a plurality of signature signals having undergone some distortion. The receiver is comprised of a bank of correlators for receiving the signals, and a correlation shaper operating on a vector output from the bank of correlators. The bank of correlators may comprise a matched filter receiver or a decorrelator receiver. Optionally, a bank of detectors may operate on the vector output of the correlation shaper.