| US 7,606,295 B2 | ||
| Generalized rake receiver for wireless communication | ||
| Babak Daneshrad, Encino, Calif. (US); Christian Oberli, Santiago (Chile); Jatin Bhatia, Los Angeles, Calif. (US); and Yogendra Shah, Exton, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to InterDigital Technology Corporation, Wilmington, Del. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/173,046. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/656062, filed on Feb. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0188007 A1, Aug. 24, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 1/707 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 375—148 | 25 Claims |
| 14. A method for combining multipath components in a rake receiver for code division multiple access (CDMA) communication,
the method comprising:
receiving a signal comprising a plurality of symbols;
demodulating the received signal with a plurality of finger correlators in a location corresponding each of a plurality of
strong multipath components of the received signal to generate a finger correlator output;
demodulating the received signal with a plurality of escort correlators in a location within a predetermined distance from
the location of a corresponding finger correlator to generate an escort correlator output;
applying a weight vector to outputs from the finger correlators and the escort correlators; and
combining the weighted outputs for symbol detection.
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