System and method for performing symbol boundary-aligned search of direct sequence spread spectrum signals
First Claim
1. A method for testing a hypothesis with a symbol aligned correlation comprising:
- receiving a hypothesis;
determining a start and a stop condition;
selecting samples from a received sequence based on the start condition; and
providing the samples and hypothesis to a correlator.
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Abstract
System and method for performing symbol boundary aligned searches of signals. A preferred embodiment comprises a search control unit (such as search control unit 725) that can determine a start and stop condition for a correlation based on a hypothesis, a searcher (such as searcher 705) which includes a multiplexer that can select a subset of samples of a received sequence based on the hypothesis and start and stop conditions. The search control unit can then wait for the occurrence of the start condition and assign the hypothesis to a correlator, which will correlate the subset of samples with a locally generated pseudo-random number sequence based upon the hypothesis.
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1. A method for testing a hypothesis with a symbol aligned correlation comprising:
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receiving a hypothesis;
determining a start and a stop condition;
selecting samples from a received sequence based on the start condition; and
providing the samples and hypothesis to a correlator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A circuit comprising:
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a search control unit coupled to a hypothesis memory, the search control unit containing circuitry to provide a start and stop condition for a correlation based on a hypothesis read from the hypothesis memory;
a searcher coupled to the search control unit, the searcher containing circuitry to select a subset of samples from a received sequence based on instructions from the search control unit, correlate the subset of samples with a pseudo-random number sequence, and accumulate the correlation results; and
a sequence generator coupled to the search control unit and the searcher, the sequence generator containing circuitry to generate the pseudo-random number sequence based on the hypothesis. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless device comprising:
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an analog front end coupled to an antenna, the analog front end containing circuitry to filter and amplify a received signal provided by the antenna;
an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the ADC to convert an analog signal provided by the analog front end into a digital symbol stream;
a search unit coupled to the ADC, the search unit containing circuitry to test hypotheses, wherein the tests are performed along symbol boundaries; and
a processing unit coupled to the ADC, the processing containing circuitry to error detect and correct, decode and despread, and filter the digital symbol stream. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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