Adaptive correlation
First Claim
1. A method for correlating samples of a received signal and samples of an internally generated or stored sample sequence, comprising:
- performing, by at least one electronic circuit, a first iteration of a low-resolution correlation, said low-resolution correlation including the steps of;
selecting a first N sets of received signal samples from a received signal;
selecting a first set of reference samples from an internally generated or stored sample sequence;
concurrently comparing each of said first N sets of received signal samples with said first set of reference samples to determine if a sufficient correlation exists between the same, wherein a sufficient correlation exists when a correlation peak value associated with a respective one of said first N sets of received signal samples exceeds a pre-defined threshold value;
performing a second iteration of said low-resolution correlation if it is determined that a sufficient correlation does not exist between said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples; and
performing, by at least one electronic circuit, a first iteration of a higher-resolution correlation if it is determined that a sufficient correlation exists between at least one of said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples, and said higher-resolution correlation comprising obtaining a plurality of correlation values by comparing each of a second N sets of received signal samples with a second set of reference samples;
wherein said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples comprise the same number of samples, and each of said second N sets of received signal samples comprises a larger number of samples than each of said first N sets of received signal samples.
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Abstract
A method is provided for correlating samples of a received signal and samples of an internally generated/stored sample sequence (“IGSSS”). The method involves performing a first iteration of a first-resolution correlation state. The first-resolution correlation state involves: selecting a first N sets of samples from the received signal; selecting a first set of samples from the IGSSS; and concurrently comparing each of the N sets of samples with the first set of samples to determine if a correlation exists between the same. If it is determined that a correlation does not exist between one of the N sets of samples and the first set of samples, then a second iteration of the first-resolution correlation state is performed. If it is determined that a correlation exists between one of the N sets of samples and the first set of samples, then a first iteration of a second-resolution correlation state is performed.
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1. A method for correlating samples of a received signal and samples of an internally generated or stored sample sequence, comprising:
- performing, by at least one electronic circuit, a first iteration of a low-resolution correlation, said low-resolution correlation including the steps of;
selecting a first N sets of received signal samples from a received signal;
selecting a first set of reference samples from an internally generated or stored sample sequence;
concurrently comparing each of said first N sets of received signal samples with said first set of reference samples to determine if a sufficient correlation exists between the same, wherein a sufficient correlation exists when a correlation peak value associated with a respective one of said first N sets of received signal samples exceeds a pre-defined threshold value;
performing a second iteration of said low-resolution correlation if it is determined that a sufficient correlation does not exist between said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples; and
performing, by at least one electronic circuit, a first iteration of a higher-resolution correlation if it is determined that a sufficient correlation exists between at least one of said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples, and said higher-resolution correlation comprising obtaining a plurality of correlation values by comparing each of a second N sets of received signal samples with a second set of reference samples;
wherein said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples comprise the same number of samples, and each of said second N sets of received signal samples comprises a larger number of samples than each of said first N sets of received signal samples. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- performing, by at least one electronic circuit, a first iteration of a low-resolution correlation, said low-resolution correlation including the steps of;
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11. A method for correlating samples of a received signal and samples of an internally generated or stored sample sequence, comprising:
- performing, by at least one electronic circuit, a first iteration of a first-resolution correlation state, said first-resolution correlation state comprising the steps of;
selecting a first N sets of received signal samples from a received signal;
selecting a first set of reference samples from an internally generated or stored sample sequence;
concurrently comparing each of said first N sets of received signal samples with said first set of reference samples to determine if a sufficient correlation exists between the same, wherein a sufficient correlation exists when a correlation peak value associated with a respective one of said first N sets of received signal samples exceeds a pre-defined threshold value;
performing, by said electronic circuit, a second iteration of said first-resolution correlation state if it is determined that a sufficient correlation does not exist between at least one of said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples; and
performing, by said electronic circuit, a first iteration of a second-resolution correlation state if it is determined that a sufficient correlation exists between at least one of said first N sets of received signal samples and said first set of reference samples, said second-resolution correlation state comprising obtaining a plurality of correlation values by comparing each of a second N sets of received signal samples with a second set of reference samples, wherein each of said second N sets of received signal samples comprises a larger number of samples than each of said first N sets of received signal samples. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- performing, by at least one electronic circuit, a first iteration of a first-resolution correlation state, said first-resolution correlation state comprising the steps of;
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