摘要:
A method (200) of frequency drift prediction for use by a positioning receiver (106) can include the steps of determining (202) a moving average of a frequency error, determining (206) a moving average of a frequency drift rate in a communication device, determining (212) a frequency drift rate uncertainty, and providing (214) the moving average of frequency error and frequency drift rate, and the frequency drift rate uncertainty to the positioning receiver. A point-to-point slope from the running average of the instantaneous frequency error and a running average of the point-to-point slope for a predetermined time period can be determined (208 & 210). The frequency drift uncertainty or window is determined using information determined from the moving average of the frequency drift rate. The positioning receiver can be a global positioning receiver.
摘要:
The invention provides a method and apparatus for timing and frequency synchronization during and after signal acquisition, respectively, in a digital communication receiver. The apparatus comprises: a receiver (110) receiving a plurality of data slots each containing a sync word (310); a correlator (220) forming multiple correlations of the received signal with a sinusoid of an expected frequency for each of the selected sync symbol intervals; a combiner (240) combining the multiple correlations according to the FSK modulation index ad known sync symbol pattern; a peak detector (230) forming a sync correlation signal of the maximum combiner output amplitude; a threshold detector (250) comparing the sync correlation signal to a threshold; a symbol timing estimator (270) establishing symbol timing based on the peak of the sync correlation signal; a frequency offset estimator (260); and a quality estimator (280) determining a quality of the frequency offset estimate using a SNR calculation.