Method and system for frame timing acquisition in evolved universal terrestrial radio access (EUTRA)
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to process a first portion of information and a second portion of information, the first and second portions of information containing a first and a second secondary synchronization signal (SSS), respectively, based on subcarrier positions of the first and second SSSs, wherein the first and second portions of information are included in a first and a second sub-frame, respectively, from among a plurality of first and second sub-frames;
wherein the processor is further configured to combine the first and second portions of information from each of the plurality of first and second sub-frames to provide a first and a second set of detected information corresponding to a selected cyclic prefix (CP) length; and
a decision module configured to determine a network statistic based on a comparison between the first and second sets of detected information.
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Abstract
Aspects of a method and system for frame timing acquisition in evolved universal terrestrial radio access (EUTRA) may include determining a received secondary synchronization sequence (SSS) based on a selected cyclic prefix length and on synchronization of a primary synchronization sequence (PSS). A first portion of information associated with the received SSS may be processed separately from a second portion of information associated with the received SSS. A frame timing and/or base station identifier may be determined by comparing the processed first portion of information with the processed second portion of information. The cyclic prefix length may be selected from a finite set of possible cyclic prefix lengths. The cyclic prefix length may be, for example, 9 samples or 32 samples. The primary synchronization sequence synchronization may be determined via correlation.
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26 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor configured to process a first portion of information and a second portion of information, the first and second portions of information containing a first and a second secondary synchronization signal (SSS), respectively, based on subcarrier positions of the first and second SSSs, wherein the first and second portions of information are included in a first and a second sub-frame, respectively, from among a plurality of first and second sub-frames; wherein the processor is further configured to combine the first and second portions of information from each of the plurality of first and second sub-frames to provide a first and a second set of detected information corresponding to a selected cyclic prefix (CP) length; and a decision module configured to determine a network statistic based on a comparison between the first and second sets of detected information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a wireless device, a method for processing communication signals, comprising:
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receiving a first portion of information and a second portion of information from among a plurality of information, the first and second portions of information containing a first and a second secondary synchronization signal (SSS), respectively, and being included in a first and a second sub-frame, respectively, from among a plurality of first and second sub-frames; selecting a cyclic prefix (CP) length from among a set of CP lengths; combining the first and the second portions of information from the plurality of first and second sub-frames to provide a first and a second set of detected information corresponding to the CP length; extracting the first and second SSS from the first and second sets of detected information, respectively, based on the CP length; and comparing the first SSS and the second SSS to determine a consistency between them and to verify they have been properly decoded. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a wireless device, a method for processing communication signals, comprising:
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selecting a cyclic prefix (CP) length from among a set of CP lengths; processing separately a first portion of information associated with a received first secondary synchronization sequence (SSS) and a second portion of information associated with a received second SSS based on corresponding sub-carrier positions of the first and second SSSs, the first and second portions of the information being included in a first and a second sub-frame, respectively, from among a plurality of first and second sub-frames; combining the first and second portions of information from the plurality of first and second sub-frames to provide a first set of processed information and a second set of processed information, respectively; comparing the first set of processed information and the second set of processed information to evaluate a consistency of decoded information obtained from the first and second sets of processed information based on the selected CP length; and determining a wireless network statistic based on the decoded information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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