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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Gil Katzir, Herzliya, IL;
Shimon Moshavi, Bet Shemesh, IL;
Nimrod Mesika, Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/216 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 1/20 (2006.01); H04B 1/707 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/0055 (2013.01); H04B 1/1027 (2013.01); H04L 1/20 (2013.01); H04B 1/707 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving a Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signal carrying at least a data channel, a pilot channel and a control channel. A first noise level is estimated on the pilot channel. A second noise level is estimated on the control channel. The first estimated noise level and the second estimated noise level are combined to produce a noise estimate of noise on the data channel.