Concurrent signal combining and channel estimation in digital communications
| Patent Number: | 8,009,772 |
| Issued: | 8/30/2011 |
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| 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. |
| Filed: | 11/29/2006 |
| Application Number: | 11/564,396 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |