Rake receiver

摘要

A wireless signal receiver, in particular but not exclusively a combiner for Rake finger signals. There is provided apparatus for use with a Rake receiver having a plurality of rake fingers coupled to a combiner which combines the outputs of said fingers based on a determined weight corresponding to each finger; the apparatus comprising: means for determining an interference parameter of a signal at the output of each finger; means for determining the weights according to said parameters. The means for determining an interference parameter of a signal at the output of each finger comprises means for comparing each said signal with an estimated symbol corresponding to said signal.