Abstract:
A technique for allocating fingers in a path searcher of a multipath receiver involves determining a required number of fingers for each multipath region, determining a number of allocated fingers for each multipath region according to an area-based weighting scheme such that each multipath region that is allocated fewer than its required number of fingers is deemed to have a non-zero residual area, allocating any surplus fingers to multipath regions having non-zero residual areas until either no surplus fingers remain or each multipath region is allocated its required number of fingers, and placing any fingers allocated to each multipath region within the multipath region. Placing the fingers in un-resolvable path scenario involves detecting path location at the edges of multipath region; placing fingers at the edges and placing remaining fingers uniformly between the first and the last path such that the there is a minimum placement separation between the fingers.
Abstract:
A plurality of fingers 12 separately demodulate reception signals of a plurality of paths transmitted from a plurality of terminals. A first rake combining unit 13a combines a plurality of demodulated signals corresponding to a first transmission terminal from among the signals demodulated by the fingers 12. A second rake combining unit 13b combines a plurality of demodulated signals corresponding to a second transmission terminal from among the signals demodulated by the fingers 12. A change-over switch 16a connects a finger 12-8 from among the fingers 12-1 to 12-32 to either of the first rake combining unit 13a and the second rake combining unit 13b in a switchable manner. Therefore, a plurality of users can use a single finger in a switchable manner.
Abstract:
A Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) transceiver in which correlator banks consisting of an array of dual-code correlators (two tri-code correlators) are used to form correlator filters, such as chip matched filters or multi-code RAKE receivers, or FIR filters for CDMA/TDMA related applications.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for demodulation of a composite signal containing a plurality of multi-path components use a virtual finger. The method includes buffering digital samples of a signal into a first memory element, randomly accessing the digital samples from the first memory element to correlate a particular multi-path component from the signal, and iteratively accumulating the correlated particular multi-path component into a second memory element.
Abstract:
A method of multi-mode communications includes receiving signals from multiple sources at a plurality of sample buffers, referencing the plurality of sample buffers for a first source at one time and referencing the plurality of sample buffers for a second source at another time, and communicating data from the referenced plurality of sample buffers to a processing unit. The processing unit concurrently receives inputs from buffers in the plurality of sample buffers and outputs to other buffers in the plurality of sample buffers.
Abstract:
A subscriber unit (SU) transmitter transmits signals over global and assigned channels to a base station which are initialized at an initial power level and adjusted to a controlled power level in advance of transmitting a communication data signal on an assigned channel to the base station. The power level of the SU transmitter is controlled to adjust the SU transmitter power level in response to power control signals received from the base station. The SU transmitter power level is monitored in advance of transmitting a communication data signal on an assigned channel to the base station. The transmitter is controlled such that transmission of a communication data signal on an assigned channel is blocked if a predetermined power limit is reached before commencing transmission of the communication data signal on the assigned channel.
Abstract:
A device includes a request arbitration unit that (1) receives a number of requests for PN vectors from a number of processing units and (2) provides a control indicative of each request selected for processing. An address generator provides one or more addresses (which may be dependent on a particular PN sequence being requested and the offset of the PN sequence) for each selected request. One or more memory units store all nullbasenull PN sequences (e.g., and X(i) sequence and a Y(i) sequence defined by W-CDMA) that may be used to generate all requestable PN vectors. The memory unit(s) provide one or more segments of one or more base PN sequences, based on the address(es). A buffering unit provides a set of one or more PN vectors derived from the one or more PN segments for each selected request.
Abstract:
A base station for controlling transmission power during the establishment of a communication channel utilizes the reception of a short code during initial power ramp-up. The short code is a sequence for detection by the base station which has a much shorter period than a conventional access code. The ramp-up starts from a power level that is lower than the required power level for detection by the base station. The power of the short code is quickly increased until the signal is detected by the base station. Once the base station detects the short code, it transmits an indication that the short code has been detected.
Abstract:
A spread spectrum code division multiple access communication system has a plurality of traffic channels. A plurality of traffic lights have a red state and a green state. Each traffic light is associated with a traffic channel. The state of each traffic light is based on an availability of that traffic light's associated traffic channel. The base station broadcasts each traffic light over a broadcast channel.
Abstract:
A wireless mobile station comprising: a plurality of finger units for performing spread demodulation of a downstream signal transmitted from a base station through a transmission channel; and a rake unit for combining the spread-demodulated downstream signals which are outputted from each of the finger units, wherein both of the finger units and the rake unit share and perform arithmetic operation for compensating channel estimation of the spread-demodulated downstream signal.