In this article we propose a space-time processing strategy for combined equalization and (co-channel) interference cancellation in mobile communications. The principle of this strategy is to decouple interference cancellation and signal equalization in two processing stages. The so-called decoupled space-time (D-ST) processing strategy consists of employing an antenna arrav or a space-time filter to cancel the co-channel interfer~r Palavras-chave; Processamento espaco-temporal, equalizacao, cancelamento de interferencia, desacoplado