Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at separate stations – Plural transmitters or receivers
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-01
2008-07-01
Nguyen, Duc M. (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at separate stations
Plural transmitters or receivers
C455S502000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07395079
ABSTRACT:
Simple and robust methods and apparatus for switching between different types of combining in a receiver in a communication system are disclosed that minimize Layer1processing overhead and power consumption. A method of selecting among a plurality of types of combining for received replicas of an information bitstream in a communication system includes the steps of determining a time offset between received replicas; determining a selection threshold; comparing the time offset with the selection threshold; and selecting one of the plurality of combining types based on the comparing step. The system may be a wideband code division multiple access system and the replicas may be included in a multimedia broadcast/multicast service.
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Elcenko Eric J
Nguyen Duc M.
Potomac Patent Group PLLC
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
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