Power-efficient acquisition of a CDMA pilot signal
First Claim
1. A method for acquiring, in a wireless communication device, a code division multiple access (CDMA) pilot signal having a pilot pseudonoise (PN) code offset, said wireless communication device receiving a signal, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) correlating said received signal with a first set of PN code offset hypotheses to produce a first set of correlation metrics;
(b) analyzing said first set of correlation metrics to determine whether one of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses matches said pilot PN code offset;
(c) waiting for a first period if said pilot PN code offset does not match one of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses;
(d) correlating said received signal with a second set of PN code offset hypotheses after step (c) to produce a second set of correlation metrics, said second set of PN code offset hypotheses being a subset of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses; and
(e) analyzing said second set of correlation metrics to determine whether one of said second set of PN code offset hypotheses matches said pilot PN code offset.
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Abstract
A system and method for acquiring a code division multiple access (CDMA) pilot signal having a pilot pseudonoise (PN) code offset in a CDMA communication system. A received signal is correlated with a first set of PN code offset hypotheses. If this first "full" search is unsuccessful in acquiring the CDMA pilot signal, the method includes waiting for a first period, and then correlating the received signal with a second set of PN code offset hypotheses which are a subset of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses and therefore requires less search time. If this "mini" search is unsuccessful in acquiring the CDMA pilot signal the method includes waiting for a second period and then quickly measuring the energy of the received signal. If the received energy exceeds a threshold, then a "mini" search is immediately performed. These alternating search techniques of full, mini, micro are repeated.
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1. A method for acquiring, in a wireless communication device, a code division multiple access (CDMA) pilot signal having a pilot pseudonoise (PN) code offset, said wireless communication device receiving a signal, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) correlating said received signal with a first set of PN code offset hypotheses to produce a first set of correlation metrics; (b) analyzing said first set of correlation metrics to determine whether one of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses matches said pilot PN code offset; (c) waiting for a first period if said pilot PN code offset does not match one of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses; (d) correlating said received signal with a second set of PN code offset hypotheses after step (c) to produce a second set of correlation metrics, said second set of PN code offset hypotheses being a subset of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses; and (e) analyzing said second set of correlation metrics to determine whether one of said second set of PN code offset hypotheses matches said pilot PN code offset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An system for acquiring, in a wireless communication device, a code division multiple access (CDMA) pilot signal having a pilot pseudonoise (PN) code offset, said wireless communication device receiving a signal, said system comprising:
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a demodulator for demodulating said received signal with a first set of PN code offset hypotheses to produce a first set of correlation metrics; a threshold comparer for analyzing said first set of correlation metrics to determine whether one of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses matches said pilot PN code offset; a clock for waiting for a first period if said pilot PN code offset does not match one of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses; wherein said demodulator is further for demodulating said received signal with a second set of PN code offset hypotheses to produce a second set of correlation metrics, said second set of PN code offset hypotheses being a subset of said first set of PN code offset hypotheses; and wherein said threshold comparer is further for analyzing said second set of correlation metrics to determine whether one of said second set of PN code offset hypotheses matches said pilot PN code offset. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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