Fluid influx in a borehole is determined by examining and monitoring the computed transfer function in the signal channel defined by the annulus between the borehole and a drillstring in the borehole.
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for estimating and identifying the channel filter characteristics of the drilling fluid communictions channel (e.g. standpipe) based on surface decoding of the MWD data signal. The channel filter characteristics can be mathematically