Concurrent signal combining and channel estimation in digital communications

Ormesher, Richard C; Mason, John J

Title: Concurrent signal combining and channel estimation in digital communications

Abstract

In the reception of digital information transmitted on a communication channel, a characteristic exhibited by the communication channel during transmission of the digital information is estimated based on a communication signal that represents the digital information and has been received via the communication channel. Concurrently with the estimating, the communication signal is used to decide what digital information was transmitted.

Inventors:

Ormesher, Richard C ^[1]; Mason, John J ^[1]

Albuquerque, NM

Issue Date:: 2011-08-30

Research Org.:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1023916

Patent Number(s):: 8009772

Application Number:: 11/564,396

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B - TRANSMISSION

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H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
H04L1/0054 - {Maximum-likelihood or sequential decoding, e.g. Viterbi, Fano, ZJ algorithms}
H04L2027/0067 - {Phase error detectors}
H04L1/005 - {Iterative decoding, including iteration between signal detection and decoding operation}

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B - TRANSMISSION
H04B1/7075 - with code phase acquisition

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
H04L25/0204 - {of multiple channels}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

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A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications journal, January 1998

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