METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYMBOL ALIGNMENT IN DIVERSITY SIGNAL RECEPTION

摘要

Methods and apparatus taught herein provide for symbol alignment between diversity signals in a communication receiver. A method of symbol aligning d iversity signals in a communication receiver comprises generating diversity sample sets for a received signal and hypothesizing two or more relative sym bol alignments for the diversity sample sets. The method further includes jo intly determining a preferred relative symbol alignment and a preferred sync hronization position for the diversity sample sets by evaluating a function that is dependent on relative symbol alignment and synchronization position according to the hypothesized relative symbol alignments and a number of can didate synchronization positions.