Reception of a signal transmitted over a transmission link comprising coded channels

1. A method to receive a speech signal transmitted over a wireless transmission link comprising coded channels, the method comprising:

processing said signal using a digital signal processor having to execute two different types of tasks, a first type of task having higher priority and being executed in the foreground in real time without interruption, and a second type of task having lower priority and being executed in the background;

equalization operations to compensate for signal distortion introduced by the transmission link in a signal burst, said equalization being arranged as a foreground task; and

block decoding operations to perform channel decoding operation from the equalized signal bursts, said block decoding being arranged as a background task,

wherein if one of the block decoding operations has not been executed before a predetermined time limit, it comprises at least one step of commanding said equalizer to discard one of the next burst equalization operations according to a predetermined rule, said discarded equalization operation being treated as a transmission error corrected using a redundancy of the signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the discarding step is adapted to preferentially discard the burst equalization operations concerning one coded channel.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the discarding step selects the next equalization operation to discard according to a predetermined rule.

4. A receiver to receive a speech signal transmitted over a wireless transmission link comprising coded channels, the receiver comprising:

a digital signal processor for processing the signal, said digital signal processor being arranged to execute two different types of tasks, a first type of task of higher priority being executed in the foreground in real time without interruption, and a second type of task of lower priority being executed in the background;

an equalizer adapted to perform burst equalization operations to compensate for signal distortion introduced by the transmission link in a signal burst, said equalization being arranged as a foreground task;

a channel decoder to perform channel decoding operations from the equalized signal bursts being arranged as a background task; and

a discarding control module adapted to control the equalizer to discard at least one of the next burst equalization operations to perform, if the channel decoder does not execute a channel decoding operation before a predetermined time limit, the next operation to discard being selected according to a predetermined rule, said discarded equalization operation being treated as a transmission error corrected using a redundancy of the signal.

5. The receiver according to claim 4 , wherein the receiver is configured to simultaneously receive a number of coded channels greater than two.

6. A telephone comprising a receiver according to claim 4 .