Method and apparatus of pulse position demodulation
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1. A method for pulse position demodulation, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving a pulse that is positioned approximately at one of a plurality of time intervals within a time chip, wherein the pulse has a pulse width that is greater than any one of the plurality of time intervals;
b) determining the one of the plurality of time intervals based on a transition edge of the pulse; and
c) determining a set of bits based on the one of the plurality of time intervals.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for pulse position demodulation begins by receiving a pulse that is positioned approximately at one of a plurality of time intervals within a time chip, where the pulse has a pulse width that is greater than each of the plurality of time intervals. The decoding process then continues by determining the time interval in which a transition edge of the pulse lies. From the particular time interval, a set of bits is determined.
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1. A method for pulse position demodulation, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a pulse that is positioned approximately at one of a plurality of time intervals within a time chip, wherein the pulse has a pulse width that is greater than any one of the plurality of time intervals; b) determining the one of the plurality of time intervals based on a transition edge of the pulse; and c) determining a set of bits based on the one of the plurality of time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for pulse position demodulation, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving a plurality of pulses, wherein each pulse of the plurality of pulses is received in a separate time chip and wherein the time chip includes a plurality of time intervals; b) determining time interval positioning of a pulse of the plurality of pulses, wherein the time interval positioning is based on a transition edge of the pulse being positioned at one of a plurality of time intervals; c) determining a data value based on the time interval positioning of the pulse; and d) repeating steps (b) and (c) for other pulses of the plurality of pulses. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A pulse position demodulator comprising:
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a receiver operably coupled to receive a pulse of pulse position modulated data; pulse position detector operably coupled to the receiver, wherein the pulse position detector detects time interval location of the pulse within a time chip, wherein the time chip includes a plurality of time intervals; and data recovery circuit operably coupled to the pulse position detector, wherein the data recovery circuit determines a data value based on the time interval location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A pulse position demodulator comprising:
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a receiver operably coupled to receive a pulse modulated signal having a pulse positioned approximately at one of a plurality of time intervals within a time chip, wherein the pulse includes a pulse width that is greater than any one of the plurality of time intervals; a processing unit; and memory operably coupled to the processing unit, wherein the memory stores programming instructions that, when read by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to determine the one of the plurality of time intervals based on a transition edge of the pulse, and determine a set of bits based on the one of the plurality of time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A pulse position demodulator comprising:
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a receiver operably coupled to receive a plurality of pulses, wherein each pulse of the plurality of pulses is received in a separate time chip and wherein the time chip includes a plurality of time intervals, and wherein each of the plurality of pulses has a pulse width that is greater than any one of the plurality of time intervals; a processing unit; and memory operably coupled to the processing unit, wherein the memory stores programming instructions that, when read by the processing unit, causes the processing unit to determine time interval positioning for a pulse of the plurality of pulses, wherein the time interval positioning is based on a transition edge of the pulse being positioned at one of the plurality of time intervals;
determine a data value based on the time interval positioning of the pulse; and
repeat the determining of time interval positioning and the determining of a data value for other pulses of the plurality of pulses. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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