Method for searching pilot signals to synchronize a CDMA receiver with an associated transmitter
First Claim
1. A method for synchronizing a receiver having an adaptive antenna to a transmitter, comprising the steps of:
- adapting the antenna to an omni-directional pattern;
checking PN offsets of a transmitted pilot signal;
storing PN offsets of the transmitted pilot signal which produce valid correlations of PN offsets;
reloading each PN offset which produced the valid correlations of PN offsets;
steering the antenna to a directional pattern; and
monitoring a correlation value of the PN offset which produced a valid correlation of a PN offset while adapting the antenna to the directional pattern to synchronize the receiver to a strongest transmitted pilot signal.
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Abstract
A method for synchronizing a CDMA receiver to a transmitter when an adaptive antenna is utilized to receive transmitted data, wherein a receiving antenna system is adapted between a 360° reception angle pattern (i.e., an omni-directional pattern) and a fixed reception angle (i.e., a directional pattern) by permitting the receiver to identify a pilot signal having the largest magnitude. The receiver minimizes interference from other pilot signals by steering antenna pattern nulls toward other transmitters. As a result, the time required for the receiver to acquire a valid pilot signal is significantly reduced.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for synchronizing a receiver having an adaptive antenna to a transmitter, comprising the steps of:
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adapting the antenna to an omni-directional pattern;
checking PN offsets of a transmitted pilot signal;
storing PN offsets of the transmitted pilot signal which produce valid correlations of PN offsets;
reloading each PN offset which produced the valid correlations of PN offsets;
steering the antenna to a directional pattern; and
monitoring a correlation value of the PN offset which produced a valid correlation of a PN offset while adapting the antenna to the directional pattern to synchronize the receiver to a strongest transmitted pilot signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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