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US007925234B2
(12) United States Patent
Yeh et al.
(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:
US 7,925,234 B2 Apr. 12, 2011
(54) METHOD FOR MAXIMAL RATIO
COMBINING OF SPATIALLY FILTERED
SIGNALS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
(75) Inventors: Choong-Il Yeh, Daejeon (KR); Jae-Joon Park, Daejeon (KR); Chul-Sik Yoon,
Seoul (KR)
(73) Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR); Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon (KR); KT Corporation, Seongnam (KR); SK Telecom Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR); Hanaro Telecom, Inc., Seoul (KR)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 576 days.
(21) Appl.No.: 12/088,109
PCT Filed: Sep. 28, 2006
PCT No.: PCT/KR2006/003883
The present invention relates to a maximum ratio combining method of spatial-filtered received signals and an apparatus using the same. For this purpose the present invention provides a method for receiving signals by using a plurality of antennas that form a linear array antenna, multiplying a plurality of weight vectors by the received signals, summing the multiplication results for each weight vector, and combining the summing results by using maximum ratio combining. According to the present invention, signals are dividedly received by applying spatial filtering for a receiving direction of each signal and performance can be improved by combining the received signals by using maximum ratio combining. In addition, performance of an MRC-rake and a beam forming gain can be simultaneously acquired according to the present invention.
11 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets
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