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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Ibiquity Digital Corporation, Columbus, MD (US);
Inventors:
Brian W. Kroeger, Sykesville, MD (US);
Paul J. Peyla, Elkridge, MD (US);
Jeffrey S. Baird, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
iBiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0857 (2013.01); H04B 7/0845 (2013.01); H04B 7/0885 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing a radio signal includes: receiving a signal on two antennas; demodulating the signal using first and second independent signal paths that are synchronized by symbol number; maximum ratio combining branch metrics from the two receiver paths; and using the combined branch metrics to produce an output, wherein the receiver paths include an arbitration scheme. A receiver that implements the method is also provided.