Method for estimation of an impulse response of a signal transmission channel and mobile station

Abstract

A method for estimation of an impulse response (h) of a signal transmission channel (1) in a mobile communication system and a mobile station (15), especially a mobile phone, including a device for estimating the impulse response (h) of the signal transmission channel (1) in the mobile communication system are described. The invention allows a realization of mobile stations for use in a code division multiple access (CDMA) transmission mode and in a time division multiple access (TDMA) transmission mode with less implementation complexity. The estimation device includes exactly one combined channel estimator (45). The mobile station (15) receives signals (20) transmitted via the signal transmission channel (1) either in the TDMA transmission mode or in the CDMA transmission mode. The exactly one combined channel estimator (45) estimates the impulse response (h) of the signal transmission channel (1) according to the transmission mode.

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