System and method for determining a best round trip delay indicator
First Claim
1. A method for determining a best round trip delay (RTD) indicator for mobile telephone signals originating from a mobile unit and received at a plurality of base stations in a wireless telecommunications system comprising at least some base stations using rake receivers, each rake receiver comprising a plurality of fingers;
- the method comprising;
collecting a plurality of finger characteristics from one or more rake receiver fingers assigned to one or more multi-path components of a signal, at least some of the finger characteristics comprising information about the finger'"'"'s time history;
determining finger lock categories for at least one of the assigned one or more rake receiver fingers using the collected one or more finger characteristics;
selecting a rake receiver finger from the one or more rake receiver fingers using the determined finger lock categories, wherein the selected rake receiver finger has an associated round trip delay indicator; and
recording the round trip delay indicator corresponding to the selected rake receiver finger.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining a round trip delay (RTD) indicator for mobile telephone signals originating from a mobile unit and received at a plurality of base stations in a wireless telecommunications system comprising at least some base stations using rake receivers, each rake receiver comprising a plurality of fingers. The method includes the steps of: collecting one or more finger characteristics from one or more rake receiver fingers assigned to one or more multi-path components of a signal; determining a finger lock category for at least one of the assigned one or more rake receiver fingers using the collected one or more finger characteristics; selecting a rake receiver finger from the one ore more rake receiver fingers using the determined finger lock categories, wherein the selected rake receiver finger has an associated RTD; and recording the RTD indicator corresponding to the selected finger. The system includes a processor configured to perform the foregoing steps.
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1. A method for determining a best round trip delay (RTD) indicator for mobile telephone signals originating from a mobile unit and received at a plurality of base stations in a wireless telecommunications system comprising at least some base stations using rake receivers, each rake receiver comprising a plurality of fingers;
- the method comprising;
collecting a plurality of finger characteristics from one or more rake receiver fingers assigned to one or more multi-path components of a signal, at least some of the finger characteristics comprising information about the finger'"'"'s time history; determining finger lock categories for at least one of the assigned one or more rake receiver fingers using the collected one or more finger characteristics; selecting a rake receiver finger from the one or more rake receiver fingers using the determined finger lock categories, wherein the selected rake receiver finger has an associated round trip delay indicator; and recording the round trip delay indicator corresponding to the selected rake receiver finger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- the method comprising;
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