Voting block for identifying WLAN signal modulation type
First Claim
1. A method of determining a modulation type of a received signal, the method comprising:
- beginning demodulation of the received signal using components associated with each potential type of modulation;
providing an identification value to a voting block for each potential type of modulation based on the received signal; and
using a technique in the voting block to determine the modulation type, wherein the technique is based at least on the identification values and including determining a strength of the received signal,wherein if the strength of the received signal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, thereby characterizing the received signal as weak, then the identification value includes a normalized correlation value based on characteristics of the modulation type.
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Abstract
A WLAN device operating in an 802.11g mode can receive signals of different modulations. A technique is provided that quickly and accurately identifies signals of different modulation types when received by the WLAN device. This technique includes beginning demodulation of the received signal using components associated with potential types of modulation. One or more identification values can be provided to a voting block for potential types of modulation based on the received signal. The voting block can advantageously determine the most probable modulation based on such identification value(s). At this point, components associated with the determined modulation can be used to correctly decode the received signal and components not associated with the determined modulation can be deactivated, thereby saving valuable power resources in the device.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of determining a modulation type of a received signal, the method comprising:
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beginning demodulation of the received signal using components associated with each potential type of modulation; providing an identification value to a voting block for each potential type of modulation based on the received signal; and using a technique in the voting block to determine the modulation type, wherein the technique is based at least on the identification values and including determining a strength of the received signal, wherein if the strength of the received signal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, thereby characterizing the received signal as weak, then the identification value includes a normalized correlation value based on characteristics of the modulation type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of determining a modulation type of a received signal, the method comprising:
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beginning demodulation of the received signal using components associated with each potential type of modulation; providing an identification value to a voting block for each potential type of modulation based on the received signal; and using a technique in the voting block to determine the modulation type, wherein the technique is based at least on the identification values and including determining a strength of the received signal, wherein if the strength of the received signal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, thereby characterizing the received signal as a weak signal, then a determination can be made whether a raw RSSI is greater than a threshold RSSI. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of conserving power while optimizing signal demodulation in a wireless local area network (WLAN) receiver, the method comprising:
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beginning demodulation of a received signal using receiver components associated with each potential type of modulation; providing an identification value to a voting block of the receiver for each potential type of modulation based on the received signal; using a technique in the voting block to determine an actual modulation of the received signal, wherein the technique is based at least on the identification values and depends on a strength of the received signal; and deactivating receiver components associated with modulations other than that of the determined modulation, wherein if the strength of the received signal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, thereby characterizing the received signal as weak, then the identification value includes a normalized correlation value based on characteristics of the potential type of modulation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for determining a modulation of a received signal in a receiver, the system comprising:
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modulator identifiers for providing identification values for potential types of modulation based on the received signal; means for determining a strength of the received signal; and a voting block for determining the modulation, wherein the voting block uses a technique based at least on the identification values and the strength of the received signal, wherein the means for determining the strength controls whether the voting block uses a correlation value or an RSSI based on a type of modulation for the identification value. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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