Method and system for processing multipath clusters
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsMark Kent, Uri M. Landau
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Abstract
In an RF communication system, aspects for processing multipath clusters may comprise tracking a plurality of received clusters of signals and estimating a phase and amplitude of at least a portion of each of the plurality of received clusters of signals. Each of the plurality of received clusters of signals may be specified in time and an aggregate of received signal paths in a single cluster for a single base station may be processed. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to process the plurality of received clusters of signals from each transmitting antenna at a single base station. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to each of a plurality of base stations that are utilized for soft handoff.
Claims36
A method for processing received signals, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of signal clusters, each of said plurality of signal clusters comprising a plurality of individual distinct path signals;
- concurrently generating a corresponding symbol for each of said received plurality of signal clusters;
- comparing each of said concurrently generated corresponding symbols to a threshold signal value;
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- combining said plurality of concurrently generated corresponding symbols based on said comparing of said each of said concurrently generated corresponding symbols to said threshold signal value.
A system for processing received signals, comprising:
- a cluster path processor configured to:
- receive a plurality of signal clusters each of said plurality of signal clusters comprising a plurality of individual distinct path signals,
- to concurrently generate a corresponding symbol for each of said received plurality of signal clusters,
- to compare each of said concurrently generated corresponding symbols to a threshold signal value, and
- to combine said plurality of concurrently generated corresponding symbols based on said comparing of said each of said concurrently generated corresponding symbols to said threshold signal value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.