Multi-path acquisition in the presence of very high data rate users

1. A method of multi-path acquisition, comprising:

determining decoded data and path information associated with acquired users of a first type from a received signal, the path information including at least one path offset:

estimating a contribution of the acquired users of the first type to the received signal at least based on the path information and modulated, decoded data from the acquired users of the first type, the contribution of the acquired users forming at least a portion of the received signal, the estimating including,

generating the modulated, decoded data by modulating the decoded data corresponding to the acquired users of the first type, and

generating the estimated contribution by at least delaying the modulated, decoded data using the at least one path offset;

canceling the estimated contribution from the received signal to generate a resultant signal; and

performing multi-path acquisition for users of the first type and users of a second type based on the resultant signal, the users of the first type being higher data rate users than users of the second type.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contribution of the acquired users is a signal including data transmitted from the acquired users.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining includes,

decoding data from the acquired users of the first type in the received signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the paths information includes channel estimates.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the generating the decoded, modulated data step and the generating the estimated contribution step correspond to each of the acquired users of the first type.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the generating the estimated contribution step comprises:

multiplying each of the delayed modulated signals by at least one respective channel estimate; and

combining output of the multiplying step to obtain the estimated contribution.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

filtering the estimated contribution; and

subtracting the estimated contribution from the received signal to generate the resultant signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resultant signal includes contributions from new users of the first type or new paths of the acquired users of the first type and both acquired and new users of the second type.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a processing unit adapted to determine decoded data and path information associated with acquired users of a first type from a received signal, the path information including at least one path offset;

a cancellation unit adapted to,

(1) estimate a contribution of the acquired users of the first type to the received signal at least based on the path information and modulated, decoded data from the acquired users of the first type, the contribution of the acquired users forming at least a portion of the received signal, wherein the cancellation unit is further adapted to estimate the contribution by,

generating the modulated, decoded data by modulating the decoded data corresponding to the acquired users of the first type, and

generating the estimated contribution by at least delaying the modulated, decoded data using the at least one path offset, and

(2) cancel the estimated contribution from the received signal to generate a resultant signal; and

a multi-path acquisition unit adapted to perform multi-path acquisition for users of the first type and users of a second type based on the resultant signal, the users of the first type being higher data rate users than users of the second type.

10. A method comprising:

determining decoded data and path information associated with acquired users of a first type from a received signal, the path information including at least one path offset;

estimating a contribution of the acquired users of the first type to the received signal at least based on the path information and modulated, decoded data from the acquired users of the first type, the estimating including,

generating the modulated, decoded data by modulating the decoded data corresponding to the acquired users of the first type, and

generating the estimated contribution by at least delaying the modulated, decoded data using the at least one path offset; and

canceling a portion of the received signal corresponding to the estimated contribution of the acquired users of the first type from the received signal to obtain a resultant signal for performing multi-path acquisition for users of the first type and users of a second type, the users of the first type being higher data rate users than users of the second type.

11. A method comprising:

determining decoded data and path information associated with acquired users of a first type from a received signal, the path information including at least one respective path offset;

modulating the decoded data for each user of the first type to generate at least one modulated signal;

delaying each of the modulated signals using the at least one respective path offset;

multiplying each of the delayed modulated signals by at least one respective channel estimate; and

combining the output of the multiplying step to obtain an estimated contribution of the acquired users of the first type to the received signal, the received signal including contributions from users of the first type and a second type, the users of the first type being higher data rate users than users of the second type.