GB2326069B - Demodulating digital video broadcast signals - Google Patents

Demodulating digital video broadcast signals

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GB2326069B
GB2326069B GB9809585A GB9809585A GB2326069B GB 2326069 B GB2326069 B GB 2326069B GB 9809585 A GB9809585 A GB 9809585A GB 9809585 A GB9809585 A GB 9809585A GB 2326069 B GB2326069 B GB 2326069B
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Prior art keywords
digital video
broadcast signals
video broadcast
demodulating digital
demodulating
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GB9809585A
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GB2326069A (en
Inventor
Oliver Paul Haffenden
Christopher Keith Perry Clarke
Justin David Mitchell
Philippe Sadot
Jonathan Highton Stott
Adrian Paul Robinson
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British Broadcasting Corp
LSI Corp
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British Broadcasting Corp
LSI Logic Corp
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Priority claimed from GBGB9709063.3A external-priority patent/GB9709063D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB9727113.4A external-priority patent/GB9727113D0/en
Application filed by British Broadcasting Corp, LSI Logic Corp filed Critical British Broadcasting Corp
Priority to GB9809585A priority Critical patent/GB2326069B/en
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GB9809585A 1997-05-02 1998-05-05 Demodulating digital video broadcast signals Expired - Fee Related GB2326069B (en)

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GBGB9709063.3A GB9709063D0 (en) 1997-05-02 1997-05-02 Improvements to OFDM symbol synchronization
US5419597P 1997-07-30 1997-07-30
GBGB9727113.4A GB9727113D0 (en) 1997-12-22 1997-12-22 Demodulating digital video broadcast signals
GB9809585A GB2326069B (en) 1997-05-02 1998-05-05 Demodulating digital video broadcast signals

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EP0762703A1 (en) * 1995-08-21 1997-03-12 France Telecom Multicarrier demodulation with reduction of white frequency distortion
EP0762702A1 (en) * 1995-08-21 1997-03-12 France Telecom Method and apparatus for demodulating a multicarrier signal, taking a channel response estimate and an estimate of white frequency distortion into account
GB2320871A (en) * 1996-12-28 1998-07-01 Daewoo Electronics Co Ltd Frame synchronization in digital communication systems utilizing OFDM

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WO1995019671A1 (en) * 1994-01-18 1995-07-20 Telia Ab Method and arrangement for synchronization in ofdm modulation
EP0683576A1 (en) * 1994-05-20 1995-11-22 Hitachi, Ltd. An OFDM digital broadcasting system, and a transmission system and a receiving system used for digital broadcasting
EP0762703A1 (en) * 1995-08-21 1997-03-12 France Telecom Multicarrier demodulation with reduction of white frequency distortion
EP0762702A1 (en) * 1995-08-21 1997-03-12 France Telecom Method and apparatus for demodulating a multicarrier signal, taking a channel response estimate and an estimate of white frequency distortion into account
GB2320871A (en) * 1996-12-28 1998-07-01 Daewoo Electronics Co Ltd Frame synchronization in digital communication systems utilizing OFDM

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