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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2007
Roland R. Rick, Superior, CO (US);
Shimman Patel, San Diego, CA (US);
Keith Saints, San Diego, CA (US);
Haitao Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Roland R. Rick, Superior, CO (US);
Shimman Patel, San Diego, CA (US);
Keith Saints, San Diego, CA (US);
Haitao Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, such as a subscriber unit or a base station within a spread spectrum communication system, provides advanced control over the time-tracking of demodulation elements when unresolvable multipath situations arise. The apparatus provides merge protection that prevents clustered demodulation elements from contracting beyond a minimum time span. In addition, the apparatus provides a master/slave feature for synchronizing the time-tracking of the demodulation elements when clustered around a multipath signal.