1. An apparatus, comprising:
a rake receiver having a multiplicity of fingers, the rake receiver comprising a per finger interference reducer to remove an interference effect of at least one pilot signal from the output of a despreader of at least one of said multiplicity of fingers.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a multiplier to multiply the output of said interference reducer with a conjugate of a channel tap estimate for said finger.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the rake receiver is operative for communication systems utilizing BPSK signaling.
4. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the rake receiver is operative for communication systems utilizing non-BPSK signaling.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said at least one pilot signal is the pilot signal of a base station serving a communication device having said rake receiver.
6. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said at least one pilot signal is not the pilot signal of a base station serving a communication device having said rake receiver.
7. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said at least one pilot signal is at least two pilot signals, wherein one of said pilot signals is the pilot signal of a base station serving a communication device having said rake receiver.
8. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said at least one pilot signal is at least two pilot signals, wherein said pilot signals are the pilot signals of base stations serving a communication device having said rake receiver.
9. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said at least one pilot signal is at least two pilot signals, wherein at least one of said at least two pilot signals is a pilot signal of a base station serving a communication device having the rake receiver and at least another of said at least two pilot signals is a pilot signal of a base station not serving said communication device.
10. A communication device comprising:
a rake receiver having a multiplicity of fingers, the rake receiver comprising a per finger interference reducer to remove an interference effect of at least one pilot signal from the output of a despreader of at least one of said multiplicity of fingers; and
a decoder to decode the output.
11. A communication device according to claim 10 wherein said at least one pilot signal is the pilot signal of a base station serving said communication device.
12. A communication device according to claim 10 wherein said at least one pilot signal is not the pilot signal of a base station serving said communication device.
13. A communication device according to claim 10 wherein said at least one pilot signal is at least two pilot signals, wherein one of said pilot signals is the pilot signal of a base station serving said communication device.
14. A communication device according to claim 10 wherein said at least one pilot signal is at least two pilot signals, wherein said pilot signals are the pilot signals of base stations serving said communication device.
15. A communication device according to claim 10 wherein said at least one pilot signal is at least two pilot signals, wherein at least one of said at least two pilot signals is a pilot signal of a base station serving said communication device and at least another of said at least two pilot signals is a pilot signal of a base station not serving said communication device.
16. A communication device according to claim 10 further comprising a multiplier adapted to multiply the output of said interference reducer with a conjugate of a channel tap estimate for said finger.
17. A communication device according to claim 10 operative for communication systems utilizing BPSK signaling.
18. A communication device according to claim 10 operative for communication systems utilizing non-BPSK signaling.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A vehicle behavior control apparatus comprising:
a pair of underbody airbags that is provided in a lower portion of a vehicle on both sides in a vehicle width direction and each of the pair of underbody airbags is inflated and deployed toward a road surface when being supplied with gas,
the pair of underbody airbags is arranged on both of the sides in the vehicle width direction with respect to a center of gravity of the vehicle so as to have a portion whose position matches a position of the center of gravity in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and
the gas is supplied to one of the pair of underbody airbags on a collision side during a frontal collision into a position that is offset to one side in the vehicle width direction.
2. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the gas is supplied to both of the pair of underbody airbags during a full-overlap frontal collision.
3. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
an up-and-down dimension of each of the pair of underbody airbags in an inflated and deployed state with no load acting thereon is set to be longer than a distance from a floor lower surface to the road surface.
4. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
each of the pair of underbody airbags is made of metal, and each of the pair of underbody airbags is folded into accordion shape.
5. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
each of the pair of underbody airbags includes a main body formed of a base cloth in a bag shape that can be inflated and deployed when being supplied with the gas, and a protective material that is made of metal is provided only in a lower portion of the main body that is a contact portion with the road surface.
6. A vehicle behavior control apparatus comprising:
a pair of underbody airbags that is provided in a lower portion of a vehicle on both sides in a vehicle width direction and each of the pair of underbody airbags is inflated and deployed toward a road surface when being supplied with gas,
the pair of underbody airbags is arranged on both of the sides in the vehicle width direction with respect to center of gravity of the vehicle so as to have a portion whose position matches a position of the center of gravity in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and
the gas is supplied to both of the pair of underbody airbags during an oblique collision against a side surface of the vehicle.
7. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
the gas is supplied to both of the pair of underbody airbags during a full-overlap frontal collision.
8. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
an up-and-down dimension of each of the pair of underbody airbags in an inflated and deployed state with no load acting thereon is set to be longer than a distance from a floor lower surface to the road surface.
9. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
each of the pair of underbody airbags is made of metal, and each of the pair of underbody airbags is folded into accordion shape.
10. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
each of the pair of underbody airbags includes a main body formed of a base cloth in a bag shape that can be inflated and deployed when being supplied with the gas, and a protective material that is made of metal is provided only in a lower portion of the main body that is a contact portion with the road surface.
11. A vehicle behavior control apparatus comprising:
a pair of underbody airbags that is provided in a lower portion of a vehicle on both sides in a vehicle width direction and each of the pair of underbody airbags is inflated and deployed toward a road surface when being supplied with gas,
the pair of underbody airbags is arranged in lower portions of or below right and left front pillars, and
the gas is supplied to one of the pair of underbody airbags on a collision side during a frontal collision into a position that is offset to one side in the vehicle width direction.
12. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein
the gas is supplied to both of the pair of underbody airbags during a full-overlap frontal collision.
13. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein
an up-and-down dimension of each of the pair of underbody airbags in an inflated and deployed state with no load acting thereon is set to be longer than a distance from a floor lower surface to the road surface.
14. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein
each of the pair of underbody airbags is made of metal, and each of the pair of underbody airbags is folded into accordion shape.
15. The vehicle behavior control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein
each of the pair of underbody airbags includes a main body formed of a base cloth in a bag shape that can be inflated and deployed when being supplied with the gas, and a protective material that is made of metal is provided only in a lower portion of the main body that is a contact portion with the road surface.