Coherent initial acquisition
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1. An acquisition module, comprising:
- a coherent correlator configured in hardware device to receive a transmission having a pilot signal and correlate the received transmission with a local copy of the pilot signal to produce a first outputa delayed correlator configured to delay the first output and correlate the first output with the delayed first output to produce a second output; and
a state machine configured to accumulate a first number of high energy peaks in the second output during a sampling period and detect the pilot signal by comparing a magnitude of the accumulated high energy peaks with a magnitude threshold and the first number with a hit threshold and a miss threshold,wherein the first number corresponds to a number of times the high energy peaks exceed the magnitude threshold, andwherein the state machine is further configured to;
declare that the pilot signal was detected when the first number exceeds the hit threshold,continue accumulating high energy peaks if the first number is between the miss threshold and the hit threshold, andrestart pilot signal acquisition when the first number is below the miss threshold.
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Abstract
An acquisition module includes a coherent correlator configured to receive a transmission having a pilot signal and correlate the received transmission with a local copy of the pilot signal to produce a first output, a delayed correlator configured to delay the first output and correlate the first output with the delayed first output to produce a second output, and a detector configured to detect the pilot signal in the transmission based on the second output.
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1. An acquisition module, comprising:
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a coherent correlator configured in hardware device to receive a transmission having a pilot signal and correlate the received transmission with a local copy of the pilot signal to produce a first output a delayed correlator configured to delay the first output and correlate the first output with the delayed first output to produce a second output; and a state machine configured to accumulate a first number of high energy peaks in the second output during a sampling period and detect the pilot signal by comparing a magnitude of the accumulated high energy peaks with a magnitude threshold and the first number with a hit threshold and a miss threshold, wherein the first number corresponds to a number of times the high energy peaks exceed the magnitude threshold, and wherein the state machine is further configured to; declare that the pilot signal was detected when the first number exceeds the hit threshold, continue accumulating high energy peaks if the first number is between the miss threshold and the hit threshold, and restart pilot signal acquisition when the first number is below the miss threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An acquisition module, comprising:
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means for receiving a transmission having a pilot signal; means for correlating the received transmission with a local copy of the pilot signal to produce a first output; means for delaying the first output; means for correlating the first output with the delayed first output to produce a second output; and means for accumulating a first number of high energy peaks in the second output during a sampling period; means for detecting the pilot signal by comparing a magnitude of the accumulated high energy peaks with a first magnitude threshold and the first number with a hit threshold and a miss threshold; means for declaring that the pilot signal was detected when the first number exceeds the hit threshold; means for continuing accumulating high energy peaks if the first number is between the miss threshold and the hit threshold; and means for restarting pilot signal acquisition when the first number is below the miss threshold wherein the first number of high energy peaks corresponds to a number of times the high energy peaks exceed the first magnitude threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of telecommunications, comprising:
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receiving a transmission having a pilot signal; correlating the received transmission with a local copy of the pilot signal to produce a first output; delaying the first output; correlating the first output with the delayed first output to produce a second output; accumulating a first number of high energy peaks in the second output during a sampling period; detecting the pilot signal by comparing a magnitude of the accumulated high energy peaks with a first magnitude threshold and the first number with a hit threshold and a miss threshold; declaring that the pilot signal was detected when the first number exceeds the hit threshold; continuing accumulating high energy peaks if the first number is between the miss threshold and the hit threshold; and restarting pilot signal acquisition when the first number is below the miss threshold, wherein the first number corresponds to a number of times the high energy peaks exceed the first magnitude threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25)
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24. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processing system in a mobile service provider, the instructions comprising code for:
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receiving a transmission having a pilot signal; correlating the received transmission with a local copy of the pilot signal to produce a first output; delaying the first output; correlating the first output with the delayed first output to produce a second output; accumulating a first number of high energy peaks in the second output during a sampling period; detecting the pilot signal by comparing a magnitude of the accumulated high energy peaks with a first magnitude threshold and the first number with a hit threshold and a miss threshold; declaring that the pilot signal was detected when the first number exceeds the hit threshold; continuing accumulating high energy peaks if the first number is between the miss threshold and the hit threshold; and restarting pilot signal acquisition when the first number is below the miss threshold, wherein the first number corresponds to a number of times the high energy peaks exceed the first magnitude threshold. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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