Detection of burst signal transmissions
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1. A method for detecting a burst signal transmission containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at known time intervals, comprising:
- receiving said burst signal transmission and comparing successively received portions thereof to a stored acquisition code pattern;
generating a time-varying correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between the successively received portions of the burst signal transmission and the stored acquisition code pattern;
detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output;
forming a group of N peak magnitudes occurring at time intervals corresponding to said known time intervals;
computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of the group of N peak magnitudes;
comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively; and
indicating the presence of a burst signal transmission when the computed value proportional to the mean value exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance is less than said maximum value.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for detecting the presence of and synchronizing to burst transmissions which contain repeated acquisition codes. The received signal is applied as an input to a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter which is matched to detect one repetition of the code. The SAW filter correlation output is sampled at times corresponding to the times of arrival of each repetition of the code. The mean value and variance of the correlation values for each repetition are computed, and the system declares an acquisition when the mean value and variance meet certain criteria.
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1. A method for detecting a burst signal transmission containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at known time intervals, comprising:
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receiving said burst signal transmission and comparing successively received portions thereof to a stored acquisition code pattern; generating a time-varying correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between the successively received portions of the burst signal transmission and the stored acquisition code pattern; detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output; forming a group of N peak magnitudes occurring at time intervals corresponding to said known time intervals; computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of the group of N peak magnitudes; comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively; and indicating the presence of a burst signal transmission when the computed value proportional to the mean value exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance is less than said maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for detecting first and second burst signal transmissions arriving in an overlapping manner, each transmission containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at known time intervals, comprising:
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receiving each of said first and second burst signal transmissions and comparing successively received portions of each burst signal transmission to a stored acquisition code pattern; generating a time-varying correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between the successively received portions of each burst signal transmission and the stored acquisition code pattern; detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output; forming first and second groups of N peak magnitudes, the peak magnitudes of each group occurring at time intervals corresponding to said known time intervals; computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of each such group of N peak magnitudes; comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance of each group to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively; and indicating the presence of each of said first and second burst signal transmissions when the computed value proportional to the mean value of the corresponding group exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance of said group is less than said maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for transmitting and receiving burst mode signals, comprising:
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transmitting a burst signal containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at predetermined time intervals; receiving said burst signal transmission and comparing successively received portions thereof to a stored acquisition code pattern; generating a time-varying correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between successively received portions of the burst signal transmission and the stored acquisition code pattern; detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output; forming a group of N peak magnitudes occurring at time intervals corresponding to said predetermined time intervals; computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of the group of N peak magnitudes; comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively; and indicating the presence of a burst signal transmission when the computed value proportional to the mean value exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance is less than said maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for transmitting first and second burst signals and for receiving said signals in an overlapping manner, comprising:
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transmitting first and second burst signals, each containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at predetermined time intervals; receiving each of said first and second burst signal transmissions and comparing successively received portions of each burst signal transmission to a stored acquisition code pattern; generating a time-varying correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between successively received portions of each burst signal transmission and the stored acquisition code pattern; detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output; forming first and second groups of N peak magnitudes, the peak magnitudes of each group occurring at time intervals corresponding to said predetermined time intervals; computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of each such group of N peak magnitudes; comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance of each group to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively; and indicating the presence of each of said first and second burst signal transmissions when the computed value proportional to the mean value of the corresponding group exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance of said group is less than said maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An acquisition circuit for detecting a burst signal transmission containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at known time intervals, comprising:
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first means for generating a correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between successively received portions of the burst signal transmission and a stored acquisition code pattern; second means coupled to said first means for detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output; third means coupled to said second means for forming a group of N peak magnitudes occurring at time intervals corresponding to said known time intervals, and for computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of said group of N peak magnitudes; fourth means coupled to said third means for comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively, and for indicating the presence of a burst signal transmission when the computed value proportional to the mean value exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance is less than said maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A receiver for receiving a burst signal transmission containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at known time intervals and followed by data, said receiver comprising an acquisition circuit and a signal processing circuit, said acquisition circuit comprising:
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first means for generating a correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between successively received portions of the burst signal transmission and a stored acquisition code pattern; second means coupled to said first means for detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output; third means coupled to said second means for forming a group of N peak magnitudes occurring at time intervals corresponding to said known time intervals, and for computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of said group of N peak magnitudes; and fourth means coupled to said third means for comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively, and for indicating the presence of a burst signal transmission when the computed value proportional to the mean value exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance is less than said maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A communication system comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting a burst signal transmission containing a sequence of N acquisition codes occurring at predetermined time intervals and followed by data; a receiver for receiving and detecting said burst signal transmission, said receiver comprising an acquisition circuit and a signal processing circuit, said acquisition circuit comprising; first means for generating a correlation output having a magnitude proportional to the similarity between successively received portions of the burst signal transmission and a stored acquisition code pattern; second means coupled to said first means for detecting and measuring peaks in the magnitude of said correlation output; third means coupled to said second means for forming a group of N peak magnitudes occurring at time intervals corresponding to said predetermined time intervals, and for computing values proportional to the mean value and variance, respectively, of said group of N peak magnitudes; and fourth means coupled to said third means for comparing the computed values proportional to the mean value and variance to predetermined minimum and maximum values, respectively, and for indicating the presence of a burst signal transmission when the computed value proportional to the mean value exceeds said minimum value and the computed value proportional to the variance is less than said maximum value. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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