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Abstract

A processing circuit (50) in a communication system performs multi-channel adaptive array processing using a summed reference technique. A plurality of adaptive modules (56 and 58) modify the magnitude and phase of antenna element signals from a plurality of antenna elements. The outputs of the adaptive modules are combined by a combiner (60) to produce a summation signal. A modem (64) processes and divides the summation signal into a plurality of reference channel signals on channels 1 through K. A summer (70) adds the reference channel signals together to produce a composite reference signal that is subtracted by a subtractor (74) from the summation signal to produce an error signal. The error signal is applied to the adaptive modules (56 and 58) which respond to nullify interfering and noise signals and to enhance the signal-to-interference ratio for the summation signal.

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