Antenna delay buffering in telecommunication receivers

A method of receiving from multiple antennas related data having different delays, the method comprising:

• identifying data received from the antennas by using a unique identification for each antenna, and identifying the antenna having the longest delay is identified beforehand,
• buffering the data for each antenna separately as buffered input data the amount of data which corresponds with twice an amount of data that can be submitted to a Fourier transform unit for selecting relevant data,
• selecting, from the buffered input data, relevant input data and Fourier transforming, using the Fourier transform unit, the relevant input data into transformed data for each antenna separately as soon as the relevant input data are available, and
• buffering the transformed data for each antenna separately as buffered output data until a predetermined amount of transformed data from the antenna having the longest delay is buffered.

A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium comprising data loadable in a programmable apparatus, the loadable data representing instructions executable by the programmable apparatus, said instructions comprising:

• one or more processor instructions for buffering data for each antenna of multiple antenna having different delays separately as buffered input data,
• one or more processor instructions for identifying the data received from the antennas by using a unique identification for each antenna, and identifying the antenna having the longest delay is identified beforehand,
• one or more processor instructions for buffering the data for each antenna separately as buffered input data the amount of data which corresponds with twice an amount of data that can be submitted to a Fourier transform unit for selecting relevant data,
• one or more processor instructions for selecting, from the buffered input data, relevant input data and Fourier transforming, using the Fourier transform unit, the relevant input data into transformed data for each antenna separately as soon as the relevant input data are available, and
• one or more processor instructions for buffering the transformed data for each antenna separately as buffered output data until a predetermined amount of transformed data from the antenna having the longest delay is buffered.