Procedure for the determination of the length of a standard code sequence of a CDMA signal

• US 7,233,586 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2003
• Issued: 06/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rhode & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Rhode & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Nitsch, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah; Chirag G.
• Application Number:
  US10/424,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20030202538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/342
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7077 Multi-step acquisition, e.g. multi-dwell, coarse-fine or validation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70701 featuring pilot assisted reception

Abstract

Procedure for determining length (L_preamble) of a standard code sequence (preamble) transmitted in a CDMA signal in a defined code channel having a different code class than the code class of the at least one code channel, in which before and/or after the standard code sequence, data are transmitted, includes: (a) determining a chip sequence of the CDMA signal corresponding to an assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence; (b) generating a symbol-sequence by decoding the chip sequence; (c) determining an estimated value of the performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence; (d) determining whether the estimated value of the performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence of the assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence understeps a predetermined threshold value; and (e) deciding that the standard code sequence is correct when ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) understeps the predetermined threshold value.

Claims

1. A process for determining a length (L_preamble) of a standard code sequence (preamble) transmitted in a CDMA signal in a defined code channel code class (CC_preamble) than the code class (CC_data) and having at least one code channel, in which before and/or after the standard code sequence, data are transmitted, wherein said process has the following steps:

a) determination of a chip sequence of the CDMA signal in accord with an assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence,

b) generation of a symbol-sequence by decoding of the chip sequence with a code (w₅^CN (v)) of at least one of the standard code sequence non-occupied analysis code channel, which has the same code class (CC_preamble) as the code channel of the standard code sequence;

c) determination of an estimated value of a performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence, wherein the performance corresponds to the hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence;

d) determine, as to whether or not, the estimated value of the performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence of the assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence understeps a predetermined threshold value;

e) for the case, that the estimated value of the performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence of the assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp), of the standard code sequence, understeps the predetermined threshold value, make the decision that the assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence is correct;

f) for the case, that the estimated value of the performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence of the assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp), of the standard code sequence does not understep the predetermined threshold value, undertake successive repetition of steps a) to e) with successively lesser assumed hypothetical lengths (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence; and

g) decoding the CDMA signal based on the determined hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence.

2. The process of claim 1, for the case in which the estimated value of the performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence does not understep the predetermined threshold value, then the decision is to be made that no standard code sequence exists in the CDMA signal.

3. The process of claim 1, wherein steps a) to f) are carried out for a plurality of analysis code channels, which have the same code class (CC_preamble) as the code channel, and that particular hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard code sequence is to be considered as correct, which agrees with the most evaluated analysis code channels.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein before the decoding, a scrambling of the CDMA signal is carried out and in the case of the decoding, the relationship:

5. The process of claim 4, wherein in the case of the determination of the estimated value of the performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) of the symbol sequence of the assumed hypothetical length (L_hyp) of the standard-code sequence, the relationship:

6. The process of claim 5, wherein the threshold value of the estimated performance ({circumflex over (P)}_hyp) arises from the equation

7. The process of claim 6, wherein the threshold factor k is equal to ½

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8. The process of claim 7, wherein the following equation is true:

9. The process of claim 1, wherein the code class (CC_preamble) of the analysis code channel is greater than the code class (CC_data) of the at least one code channel for the transmission of data.

10. A computer readable medium comprising a computer program with a program code having instructions stored thereon for executing the processes of steps a)-f) of claim 1, when the program is carried out in a computer or a digital micro processor.

11. A digital storage medium having a program encoded thereon with instructions executed by a computer or a digital signal processor, so that the processes of steps a)-f) of claim 1 can be carried out.