System and method for reducing multipath interference in packetized wireless communication systems

A method of reducing multipath interference in a wireless data transmission being comprised of a plurality of data packets, each of the data packets being associated with a time value, the method comprising:

• (a) storing a first received data packet of the data transmission in a first memory partition;
• (b) comparing the time value of a second received data packet with the time value of the first received data packet;
• (d) designating the second received data packet as reflective, if the respective time values of the first and second received data packets are identical, or designating the second received data packet as non-reflective, if the respective time values of the first and second received data packets are different;
• (e) comparing the time value of a third received data packet with the respective time values of the first and second received data packets;
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• (f) designating the third received data packet as reflective, when the time values of either the first and third received data packets or second and third received data packets are identical, and designating the third received data packet as non-reflective, when the time values of both the first and second received data packets are different from the time value of the third received data packet.

A system for reducing multipath interference, comprising:

• a receiver adapted to be in wireless communication with a transmitter so as to enable the receiver to capture data packets of a wireless data transmission, the transmitter associating each of the data packets of the wireless data transmission with a time and spatial value;
• a memory interconnected with the receiver to store the data packets;
• and
• a processor interconnected with at least the memory;
• wherein the processor is operative with programming to iteratively compare the time and spatial values of each captured data packet to the respective time and spatial values of each stored data packet that is non-reflective, such that the processor can determine whether each captured data packet is reflective or non-reflective.