Abstract:
Systems and methods pertain to operating a receiver of wireless signals such as Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals. A correlator is provided to correlate a wireless signal received by the receiver with a device identifier corresponding to a wanted device from which the receiver wants to receive wireless signals, to generate a correlator output. An adaptive acquisition threshold generator generates an adaptive acquisition threshold based on a signal strength of the wireless signal, and a comparator is used to determine if the wireless signal is a wanted signal intended for the receiver, based on a comparison of the correlator output with the adaptive acquisition threshold.
Abstract:
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft Vorrichtungen zur Detektion von PSSS-Signalen mit gemischt-analog-digitaler Schaltungstechnik, sowie Verfahren zur Detektion von PSSS-Signalen, um einen energie- und hardware-effizienten Betrieb des Empfängers zu ermöglichen.
Abstract:
A continuous time counter and method of counting are provided, comprising a sequence of adding stages which build up the output based on the inputs by progressively adding new values to opposite ends of an output stack. The counter provides for fast and reliable continuous time counting operations.
Abstract:
A receiver unit includes a first buffer that receives and stores digitized samples at a particular sample rate and a data processor that retrieves segments of digitized samples from the first buffer and processes the retrieved segments with a particular set of parameters values. The data processor is operated based on a processing clock having a frequency that is (e.g., then or more times) higher than the sample rate. Multiple instances of the received signal can be processed by retrieving and processing multiple segments of digitized samples from the first buffer. the receiver unit typically further includes a receiver that receives and processes a transmitted signal to provide the digitized samples and a controller that dispatches tasks for the data processor. The data processor can be designed to include a correlator, a symbol demodulation and combiner, a first accumulator, and a second buffer, or a combination thereof. The correlator despreads the retrieved segments of digitized samples with corresponding segments of PN despreading sequences to provide correlated samples, which are further processed by the symbol demodulation and combiner to provide processed symbols. The second buffer stores the processed symbols, and can be designed to provide de-interleaving of the processed symbols.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a receiver which comprises an antenna array and rake branches for demodulating the received signals. A search branch calculates two-dimensional impulse response of the received signal, and transmits information on the most favorable components found to the rake branches. At least one rake branch comprises beam formers, and correlators coupled to the inputs of the beam formers, and a demodulator coupled to the outputs of the correlators, a code generator, control means controlling the operation of the code generator and the beam formers, to which control means receive information from the search branch about the incoming direction and delay of the signal component, and calculation means which calculate and transmit to the control means, on the basis of the outputs of the correlators, information on how the code generator and the beam formers are to be controlled.
Abstract:
Correlation times for a RAKE receiver are determined from time differentials between multipath components of a received signal based on correlation metrics, preferably signal strength measurements, associated with the multipath components. According to various embodiments of the present invention, selection strategies are employed in which "desired signal collecting" and "interference collecting" correlation times may be selected using average optimal (AO) or instantaneous optimal (IO) selection criteria. These criteria may include, for example, thresholds for signal strengths associated with multipath components of a signal at the correlation times, where the signal strengths may include absolute or relative measures of signal power or signal to noise ratio. According to alternative embodiments, correlation times are selected using an inverse filter of an estimated channel response. Related apparatus is also described.
Abstract:
A system and method for canceling interference present in a code-division multiple access (CDMA) channel signal received at a CDMA receiver that is caused by multipath components of a transmitted pilot channel signal or by soft handoff conditions is computationally efficient because it operates at symbol rates. The channel signal from which such multipath interference is canceled can be either a traffic (data) channel or the pilot channel itself. Interference signals are produced in groups corresponding to the fingers of the CDMA rake receiver. The interference signals corresponding to each finger are used to cancel interference in the other fingers.
Abstract:
An apparatus (114) for acquiring a pseudo-random (PN) sequence timing for a code division multiple access (CDMA) radiotelephone (104). A buffer (230) stores samples of representations of at least one pilot signal. A correlator (202) coupled to the buffer (230) is operable to correlate at least a portion of the samples with a PN sequence at each of a plurality of different PN offsets to produce corresponding correlation energies. A controller (116) coupled to the correlator (202) interrupts the correlator (202) as soon as the PN sequence at a particular PN offset produces a correlation energy at least equal to an energy threshold.
Abstract:
Coherent detection of high-speed digital wireless communications becomes more difficult when the frequencies of the transmitter and receiver oscillators do not coincide. A frequency-locked loop may be used to characterize this frequency offset by processing the samples received on a pilot channel. Rather than using the offset information thus derived to correct the frequency of the received signal, the invention realizes considerable computational savings by applying a frequency correction to the despread pilot samples instead.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for locking onto a pseudo-noise code in an IS-95 spread spectrum communications system is disclosed. In response to an error signal, a pseudo-noise generator (312 or 416) generates an on-time pseudo-noise signal, an early pseudo-noise signal delayed by less than one-half of a chip interval, and a late pseudo-noise signal advanced by less than one-half of a chip interval. A correlator (302 and 304, or 404) correlates a received signal with the early and late pseudo-noise signals to generate the error signal. The combination of the pseudo-noise generator (312 or 416) and the correlator (302 and 304, or 404) creates a loop in which the on-time pseudo-noise signal tracks a received pseudo-noise code more closely than in prior art devices and enables a deinterleave and decode device (210) within the receiver to demodulate the received signal more effectively.