Synchronizing method for impulse radio network
First Claim
1. A method to synchronize an impulse radio signal in a receiver based on a cross-correlation between an input signal and a template pulse train, this method comprising:
- a. receiving a radio signal,b. applying a reference pulse train,c. splitting the radio signal according to the template pulse train contained in the reference pulse train to obtain a plurality of elementary samples,d. executing at least one unitary cross-correlation on at least one of the plurality of elementary samples with the reference pulse train to obtain a cross-correlation result,e. applying a threshold check on each cross-correlation result, wherein each cross-correlation result has the same weighting to obtain a threshold-checked cross-correlation result,f. summing each threshold-checked cross-correlation result to form a sum result of an output signal,g. storing the sum result,h. shifting the template pulse train by a predetermined offset,i. performing steps b-to-g with the shifted template pulse train to the received radio signal,j. determining the highest sum result over a given time period,wherein the threshold-checked cross-correlation result has three states, i.e. positive, zero and negative.
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Abstract
A method to synchronize impulse radio signal in a receiver based on a cross-correlation between an input signal and a template pulse train is described. The method comprises the steps of receiving a radio signal, performing a correlation between the acquired radio signal and a template pulse train, splitting the correlation into at least two elementary correlations over intervals of predefined length and separated by a predetermined time to obtain elementary correlation output, performing an elementary threshold check on each elementary correlation output, summing the elementary threshold check outputs to form a sum result.
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1. A method to synchronize an impulse radio signal in a receiver based on a cross-correlation between an input signal and a template pulse train, this method comprising:
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a. receiving a radio signal, b. applying a reference pulse train, c. splitting the radio signal according to the template pulse train contained in the reference pulse train to obtain a plurality of elementary samples, d. executing at least one unitary cross-correlation on at least one of the plurality of elementary samples with the reference pulse train to obtain a cross-correlation result, e. applying a threshold check on each cross-correlation result, wherein each cross-correlation result has the same weighting to obtain a threshold-checked cross-correlation result, f. summing each threshold-checked cross-correlation result to form a sum result of an output signal, g. storing the sum result, h. shifting the template pulse train by a predetermined offset, i. performing steps b-to-g with the shifted template pulse train to the received radio signal, j. determining the highest sum result over a given time period, wherein the threshold-checked cross-correlation result has three states, i.e. positive, zero and negative. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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