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Frequency shift compensation, such as for use in a wireless utility meter reading environment

  • US 7,994,933 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2005
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a communication system, an apparatus for compensating for drift between a receiver and a transmitter local oscillator frequencies, the apparatus comprising:

  • a receiver for receiving a first frequency modulated signal with frequency (F.sub.T+f.sub.1) representing a first data value, and a second frequency modulated signal with frequency (F.sub.T−

    f.sub.2) representing a second data value, where F.sub.T is a local oscillator frequency of the transmitter, and f.sub.1 and f.sub.2 are frequency deviations for modulating the first and the second data values, respectively;

    a mixer for down-converting or intermediate frequency (IF) converting the first and the second received signals by mixing the first and second received signals with the receiver'"'"'s local oscillator frequency, wherein the receiver'"'"'s local oscillator frequency is associated with conversion frequency; and

    calculating a drift between the transmitter'"'"'s local oscillator frequency and the receiver'"'"'s local oscillator frequency, F.sub.D, by;

    F.sub.D=F.sub.M2+f.sub.2(F.sub.M1

    F.sub.M2)/(f.sub.1+f.sub.2), where F.sub.M1 and F.sub.M2 are first and second down- or IF-converted frequencies, respectively.

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