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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Krishna Balachandran, Morganville, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Kang, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Kemal M. Karakayali, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Kiran M. Rege, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
In one embodiment, the method includes determining, at a network element, a first filter component based on reference sequences for user equipments in a first set. The method further includes determining a second filter component. The second component is based on a plurality of received signals and has estimated contributions to the plurality of received signals by the user equipments in the first set removed. The plurality of received signals are associated with a plurality of antennas. The method further includes filtering a selected received signal based on the first and second filter components to obtain an estimated signal for a selected user equipment.