Wireless communication system for adapting to frequency drift
First Claim
1. A communication system for adapting to carder frequency drift, comprising:
- a base transceiver including a receiver circuit for receiving a radio frequency (RF) data signal at an expected frequency corresponding to a sum of a pre-determined frequency and a last frequency error, a frequency discriminator coupled to the receiver circuit for determining a frequency difference between said expected frequency and an actual frequency of said RF data signal that differs from said pre-determined frequency by a current frequency error, and a microcontroller system coupled to said receiver circuit and said frequency discriminator for using said frequency difference for tuning said receiver circuit to said actual frequency for receiving said RF data signal including application data, and a synthesizer coupled to the microcontroller system for responding to said RF data signal by generating an RF return signal at said actual frequency including control information; and
a remote transceiver for transmitting said RF data signal and receiving said RF return signal at said actual frequency.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system with one or more remote transceivers for transmitting a wireless data signal at an actual frequency that is different than the expected frequency and a base transceiver that can automatically adjust to receive the actual frequency. Each remote transceiver is adapted to initiate a wireless data signal at a selected time that is unique to that remote transceiver. The expected frequency is sequentially pre-determined in a pseudo-random sequence with each remote transceiver having a unique sequence. The base transceiver can respond to the remote transceiver at the actual frequency. Both the remote transceiver and the base transceiver can convert the wireless signals in a single step to baseband.
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43 Claims
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1. A communication system for adapting to carder frequency drift, comprising:
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a base transceiver including a receiver circuit for receiving a radio frequency (RF) data signal at an expected frequency corresponding to a sum of a pre-determined frequency and a last frequency error, a frequency discriminator coupled to the receiver circuit for determining a frequency difference between said expected frequency and an actual frequency of said RF data signal that differs from said pre-determined frequency by a current frequency error, and a microcontroller system coupled to said receiver circuit and said frequency discriminator for using said frequency difference for tuning said receiver circuit to said actual frequency for receiving said RF data signal including application data, and a synthesizer coupled to the microcontroller system for responding to said RF data signal by generating an RF return signal at said actual frequency including control information; and a remote transceiver for transmitting said RF data signal and receiving said RF return signal at said actual frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for compensating for drift in carrier frequency in a radio frequency (RF) communication system, including the steps of:
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tuning a base transceiver to an expected frequency of the sum of a pre-determined frequency and a last frequency error for receiving an RF data signal; receiving an RF data signal from a remote transceiver at an actual frequency equal to the sum of said pre-determined frequency and a current frequency error; determining said actual frequency from said last frequency error, said pre-determined frequency, and a frequency difference between said actual frequency and said expected frequency; and transmitting an RF return signal at said actual frequency from said base transceiver to said remote transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for adjusting for carrier frequency error in a radio frequency (RF) communication system, comprising the steps of:
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providing one or more remote transceivers; transmitting an RF data signal which includes a preamble and application data from said remote transceiver at an actual frequency equal to the sum of a predetermined frequency and a current frequency error; providing a base transceiver; retrieving, in said base transceiver, a last frequency error; tuning said base transceiver to an expected frequency of the sum of a predetermined frequency and said last frequency error having steps of; a) providing a microcontroller system in said base transceiver; b) issuing a first frequency control signal from said microcontroller system, said first frequency control signal corresponding to said expected frequency; c) providing a synthesizer operationally connected to said microcontroller system; and d) generating, with said synthesizer, a local oscillator (LO) signal at said expected frequency in response to said first frequency control signal; receiving said RF data signal at an actual frequency equal to the sum of a pre-determined frequency and a current frequency error; determining said actual frequency from said last frequency error, said predetermined frequency, and a frequency difference between said actual frequency and said expected frequency; receiving at said base transceiver, said preamble in said RF data signal;
determining said frequency difference between said actual frequency and said expected frequency; and
adjusting said base transceiver to said actual frequency, said adjustment based upon said frequency difference;receiving said application data in said RF data signal; computing said current frequency error; and storing said current frequency error as said last frequency error. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A frequency tolerant wireless transceiver to receive and transmit on the wireless signal energy on the same frequency and to automatically adjust to that frequency, the transceiver comprising:
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an antenna to receive a wireless data signal, including application data from one or more remote transceivers, at an actual frequency and issue this signal as a conducted radio frequency (RF) data signal and to transmit a wireless return signal at said actual frequency to said remote transceiver in response to a conducted RF return signal; a synthesizer to generate a local oscillator (LO) signal sequentially in response to a first and a second frequency control signal, and to generate said RF return signal at said actual frequency in response to said second frequency control signal and having modulation in response to a digital return signal; a direct conversion receiver to receive said LO signal to down convert said RF data signal to a baseband data signal; a frequency discriminator to receive said baseband data signal, to provide a frequency difference signal for the current frequency difference between said expected frequency and said actual frequency, and to demodulate said baseband data signal, and to issue a demodulated data signal; and a microcontroller system having a receive adjust mode to provide said first frequency control signal predictive of an expected frequency and to receive said frequency difference signal, having a receive data mode to process said frequency difference signal, to provide said second frequency control signal predictive of said actual frequency, and to receive said demodulated data signal, including said application data, and to provide said digital return signal.
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32. A frequency tolerant transceiver to automatically adjust to receive a radio frequency (RF) data signal on an actual frequency and to transmit an RF return signal on that same frequency, the transceiver comprising:
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a synthesizer for sequentially generating a local oscillator (LO) signal and said RF return signal, said LO signal sequentially having a first frequency corresponding to an expected frequency of said RF data signal and a second frequency corresponding to said actual frequency of said RF data signal in response to a first and a second frequency control signal, respectively, said RF return signal having said second frequency in response to said second frequency control signal; and a microcontroller system having a receive adjust mode for providing said first frequency control signal predictive of said expected frequency and providing said second frequency control signal for said actual frequency based upon a frequency difference between said actual frequency and said expected frequency. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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