Transceiver

• US 6,108,525 A
• Filed: 08/04/1998
• Issued: 08/22/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Takemura, Rikio
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, NGUYEN THANH
• Application Number:
  US09/128,645
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.1, 455/67.4, 455/423, 455/76, 455/126, 455/115, 455/192.1, 455/192.2, 455/255-260, 455/265, 375/344
• US Class Current: 455/67.14
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 7/04 where the frequency control is accomplished by varying the electrical characteristics of a non-mechanically adjustable element or where the nature of the frequency controlling element is not significant
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2027/0028 at passband only
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2027/0034 using hypothesis testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2027/0055 single phase
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0014 Carrier regulation of chaotic carriers H04L27/001; for multicarrier receivers H04L27/2657

Abstract

The transceiver of the present invention comprises: a modulator for modulating predetermined data to obtain a received signal at a predetermined received frequency; a local oscillator for producing a local oscillator frequency signal; a mixer for producing an intermediate frequency signal by mixing the local oscillator frequency signal and the received signal; a band pass filter for limiting a bandwidth of the immediate frequency signal; a demodulator for obtaining received data by demodulating the immediate frequency signal the bandwidth of which has been limited; a measuring device for measuring receiving sensitivity by comparing the received data with the predetermined data; and a frequency correction determinator for correcting a frequency of the local oscillator frequency signal and for setting the corrected frequency as a new frequency of the local oscillator frequency signal when a desired measuring result is obtained in the measuring device.

Claims

1. A transceiver comprising:

a means for modulating predetermined data to obtain a received signal at a predetermined received frequency;

a local oscillator for producing a local oscillator frequency signal;

a means for producing an intermediate frequency signals by mixing said local oscillator frequency signal and said received signal;

a band pass filter for limiting a bandwidth of said immediate frequency signal;

a means for obtaining received data by demodulating said immediate frequency the bandwidth of which has been limited;

a measuring device for measuring receiving sensitivity by comparing said received data with said predetermined data; and

a frequency correction determinator for correcting a frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal and for setting said corrected frequency as a new frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal when a desired measuring result is obtained in said measuring device.

2. A transceiver according to claim 1, wherein said measuring device compares said received data with said predetermined data on a bit basis and outputs a bit error generation rate as said measuring result.

3. A transceiver according to claim 1, wherein said frequency correction determinator varies said frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal by a first correction step size, and sets said corrected frequency as a new frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal when the best measuring result is obtained.

4. A transceiver according to claim 3, wherein said frequency correction determinator increases and decreases said frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal by a second correction step size,

compares a present measuring results with the previous measuring result,

increases said frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal by a first correction step size and selects said corrected frequency as a new frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal when a better determination result is obtained at said frequency increased by a second correction step size, and

decreases said frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal by a first correction step size and selects said corrected frequency as a new frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal when a better determination result is obtained at said frequency decreased by a second correction step size.

5. A transceiver according to claim 1, wherein said frequency correction determinator varies said frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal by a first correction step size, sets said corrected frequency as a new frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal when a better measuring result is obtained, and repeats the correction of said frequency of said local oscillator until a desired measuring result is obtained.

6. A transceiver according to claim 1, wherein said frequency correction determinator compares a measuring result at a frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal with a predetermined threshold, corrects said frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal when said measuring result is less than said threshold, and sets said corrected frequency as a new frequency of said local oscillator frequency signal when a desired measuring result is obtained in said measuring device.

7. A transceiver according to claim 1, wherein said measuring device measures receiving sensitivity by comparing said received data with transmitting data transmitted to another device, said transmitting data being modulated at said received frequency to produce said received signal, said received data being obtained from said received signal.