Reception of phase-shifted signal sequences in diversity reception

Patented

During transmission of a signal, a decoder receives a data symbol sequence and one or more copies of the data symbol sequence. The data symbol sequence and each of the copies have unknown noise, including unknown phase shifts. The unknown phase shifts are estimated such that the data symbol sequence that was transmitted is substantially recovered. 

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Patent Number: 9,054,926

Date Issued: June 09 2015