System and method for adaptive polar quantization

1. A method for signal quantization comprising:

receiving a complex signal characterized by a real portion and an imaginary portion;

computing a vector magnitude of a sample of the complex signal;

computing a quantization threshold value from at least one weighted sample of the complex signal;

comparing the vector magnitude of the sample to the quantization threshold value;

associating a quantized magnitude with the sample according to a comparison between the vector magnitude of the sample and the quantization threshold value.

2. A method for signal quantization comprising:

receiving a complex signal characterized by a real portion and an imaginary portion;

computing a vector magnitude of a sample of the complex signal;

computing a second vector magnitude of a second sample of the complex signal;

computing a third vector magnitude of a third sample of the complex signal; and

computing a quantization threshold value from at least the vector magnitude, the second vector magnitude and the third vector magnitude;

comparing the vector magnitude of the sample to the quantization threshold value; and

associating a quantized magnitude with the sample according to a comparison between the vector magnitude of the sample and the quantization threshold value.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the computing a quantization threshold value from at least the vector magnitude, the second vector magnitude and the third vector magnitude further comprises:

computing an average of at least the vector magnitude, the second vector magnitude, and the third vector magnitude.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the computing an average of at least the vector magnitude, the second vector magnitude, and the third vector magnitude comprises:

computing a weighted average of at least the vector magnitude, the second vector magnitude, and the third vector magnitude.

5. A method for signal quantization comprising:

receiving a complex signal characterized by a real portion and an imaginary portion;

computing a vector magnitude of a sample of the complex signal;

computing a quantization threshold value;

comparing the vector magnitude of the sample to the quantization threshold value; and

associating a quantized magnitude with the sample according to a number of standard deviations that the vector magnitude is above or below the quantization threshold value.

6. A method for signal quantization comprising:

receiving a complex signal characterized by a real portion and an imaginary portion;

computing a vector magnitude of a sample of the complex signal;

computing a quantization threshold value;

comparing the vector magnitude of the sample to the quantization threshold value;

associating a quantized magnitude with the sample according to a comparison between the vector magnitude of the sample and the quantization threshold value;

associating a quantized phase with the sample;

storing at least one of the quantized magnitude and the quantized phase in at least one field of a delay line; and

applying at least one phase rotation to the quantized phase according to a reference signal to generate a rotated quantized phase.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

converting at least one of the quantized magnitude and the rotated quantized phase to component real and imaginary parts.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

computing a sum of the component real and imaginary parts of the at least one of the quantized magnitude and the rotated quantized phase via complex addition.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

comparing the sum to a correlation threshold.

10. A system comprising:

means for receiving a complex signal characterized by a real portion and an imaginary portion;

means for computing a vector magnitude of a sample of the complex signal;

means for computing a quantization threshold value from at least one weighted sample of the complex signal;

means for comparing the vector magnitude of the sample to the quantization threshold value; and

means for associating a quantized magnitude with the sample according to a comparison between the vector magnitude of the sample and the quantization threshold value.

11. A system comprising:

means for receiving a complex signal characterized by a real portion and an imaginary portion;

means for computing a vector magnitude of a sample of the complex signal;

means for computing a second vector magnitude of a second sample of the complex signal;

means for computing a third vector magnitude of a third sample of the complex signal;

means for computing a quantization threshold value from at least the vector magnitude, the second vector magnitude and the third vector magnitude;

means for comparing the vector magnitude of the sample to the quantization

means for associating a quantized magnitude with the sample according to a comparison between the vector magnitude of the sample and the quantization threshold value.

12. A system comprising:

means for receiving a complex signal characterized by a real portion and an imaginary portion;

means for computing a vector magnitude of a sample of the complex signal;

means for computing a quantization threshold value;

means for comparing the vector magnitude of the sample to the quantization threshold value;

means for associating a quantized magnitude with the sample according to a comparison between the vector magnitude of the sample and the quantization threshold value;

means for associating a quantized phase with the sample;

means for storing at least one of the quantized magnitude and the quantized phase in at least one field of a delay line; and

means for applying at least one phase rotation to the quantized phase according to a reference signal to generate a rotated quantized phase.

13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising:

means for converting at least one of the quantized magnitude and the rotated quantized phase to component real and imaginary parts.

14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising:

means for computing a sum of the component real and imaginary parts of the at least one of the quantized magnitude and the rotated quantized phase via complex addition.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

means for comparing the sum to a correlation threshold.