Multistage interference canceller for a code division multiple access communications system

摘要

A multistage interference canceller and method for removing interference between users and multipath interference from received signals in multiple stages includes a plurality of despreading units which produce a received symbol vector and an estimated channel value, a synthesis unit which synthesizes the received symbol vector, an amplitude of the received symbol vector and the amplitude of the estimated value from each reverse spreading unit, and a decision unit which executes a hard decision and a soft decision according to a result of comparing the total amplitude of the received symbol vector and the total amplitude of the estimated channel value.