Adaptive coherent integration time
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1. A method for adaptively adjusting a coherent integration time of a mobile receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving a current bit of a signal at the mobile receiver;
determining whether any of a next number of bits N in the signal are known;
setting the coherent integration time to a first value based on knowing at least all the next number N of bits, where N corresponds to a maximum coherent integration time based on one or more frequency bin processing parameters;
setting the coherent integration time to a second value based on knowing fewer than N of the next number of bits, the second value shorter than the first value; and
setting the coherent integration time to a third value if none of the next number N of bits are known, the third value shorter than the second value.
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Abstract
A mobile receiver having a coherent integration time that can be adaptively lengthened and shortened. The coherent integration time is based on determining whether information is already known regarding a received satellite signal. Thus, when information, such as, ephemeris, satellite clock, time, almanac, and/or other information, is known, the coherent integration time can be set to a longer time and when information is not known, the information can be set at a shorter time frame.
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1. A method for adaptively adjusting a coherent integration time of a mobile receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving a current bit of a signal at the mobile receiver; determining whether any of a next number of bits N in the signal are known; setting the coherent integration time to a first value based on knowing at least all the next number N of bits, where N corresponds to a maximum coherent integration time based on one or more frequency bin processing parameters; setting the coherent integration time to a second value based on knowing fewer than N of the next number of bits, the second value shorter than the first value; and setting the coherent integration time to a third value if none of the next number N of bits are known, the third value shorter than the second value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 40)
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13. A computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium comprising; program code to access information indicative of a signal at the mobile receiver; program code to determine an amount of future information contained in the signal that is known; program code to adaptively set a coherent integration time based on the amount of known future information, wherein the program code is to adaptively set the coherent integration time to a coherent integration time less than or equal to a maximum coherent integration time based on one or more frequency bin processing parameters; and program code to set the coherent integration time to a default value if there is no known information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 41)
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19. A mobile device comprising:
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a receiver to receive navigation signals, the navigation signals including a selected bit; a processor configured to adaptively adjust a coherent integration time by; determining whether any of a next number of bits N subsequent to the selected bit in the signal are known; setting the coherent integration time to a first value based on knowing at least all the next number N of bits, where N corresponds to a maximum coherent integration time based on one or more frequency bin processing parameters; setting the coherent integration time to a second value based on knowing fewer than N of the next number of bits, the second value shorter than the first value; and setting the coherent integration time to a third value if none of the next number N of bits are known, the third value shorter than the second value. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 42)
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28. A mobile device comprising:
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means for receiving navigation signals including a selected signal bit; means for determining whether any of a next number of bits N subsequent to the selected signal bit in the signal are known; means for adaptively setting a coherent integration time for integrating correlation results, the means for adaptively setting the coherent integration time comprising means for; setting the coherent integration time to a first value based on knowing at least all the next number N of bits, where N corresponds to a maximum coherent integration time based on one or more frequency bin processing parameters; setting the coherent integration time to a second value based on knowing fewer than N of the next number of bits, the second value shorter than the first value; and setting the coherent integration time to a third value if none of the next number N of bits are known, the third value shorter than the second value. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43)
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