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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar, Eindhoven, NL;
Andries Pieter Hekstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Frank Harald Erich Ho Chung Leong, Eindhoven, NL;
Stefan Drude, Eindhoven, NL;
Marinus van Splunter, Eindhoven, NL;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A receiver for receiving an input signal is disclosed. The receiver includes a processor, a memory, a plurality of sub-receivers configured to receive a plurality of versions of the input signal through a plurality of transmission channels, a sub-receiver selection module configured to select one more of the plurality of sub-receivers using expected contributions to signal-to-noise (SNR) of an output signal based on an uncertainty of the estimated contributions. The receiver also includes a combiner to combine outputs of the selected sub-receivers to produce the output signal.