METHOD FOR PARAMETER ESTIMATION AND RECEIVER

摘要

The invention relates to a method for parameter estimation in a digital radio system receiver, and a receiver. The receiver comprises a detector (200) generating a number (210) describing the probability of a received symbol using soft decision metrics. Means (202) generate mean values (212) of the numbers (210) describing the received symbol probability by which an estimator (206) generates a new channel estimate (218). As the energy of different symbols varies the channel estimate (218) to be generated is weighted by the symbol energy (214) to be generated in means (204). The channel estimate (218) change can be attenuated by averaging or by multiplying the change by a weighting value. The channel estimate (218) of the invention can also be used in the estimation of other data communication parameters whereby, for example, the Doppler error can be corrected.