SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT TIME TRACKING OF MULTIPLE PATHS

摘要

In a receiver having at least two fingers, the fingers tracking at least one path of a multipath channel, a method includes the steps of forming a finger block of at least two of the two fingers and jointly tracking the fingers of said finger block. The step of jointly tracking includes the steps of generating direction metrics (12) of each of a set of possible directions of joint movement (16) of the fingers of the finger block, selecting one of the direction metrics (12) according to a predetermined criterion, and moving the fingers of the finger block in the directions indicated by the selected direction metric.