Capture frequency decision methods and receivers

• US 8,724,593 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2010
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Gobara, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Mui, Gary
• Assistant Examiner(s): JAHANGIR, KABIR U
• Application Number:
  US12/953,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20110122894A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 370/335, 370/342, 370/350, 370/324, 370/328, 370/332, 370/333
• US Class Current: 370/332
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/29 carrier including Doppler, related G01S19/246 takes precedence

Abstract

A capture frequency decision method of deciding a capture frequency by executing a frequency search in which a correlation operation on a received signal, which is a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) signal, is performed at a plurality of search frequencies, includes: executing a first frequency search; setting a frequency for a side lobe check on the basis of a correlation integration time used in the first frequency search; selecting a plurality of search frequencies including the frequency for a side lobe check on the basis of a result of the first frequency search; executing a second frequency search of performing the correlation operation at the plurality of selected search frequencies; and deciding a capture frequency by executing a third frequency search using a result of the second frequency search.

Claims

1. A capture frequency decision method of deciding a capture frequency by executing a frequency search in which a correlation operation on a received Code Division Multiple Access signal is performed at a plurality of search frequencies, the method comprising:

selecting a correlation integration time;

executing a first frequency search of performing the correlation operation using the selected correlation integration time at a plurality of first search frequencies;

determining a side lobe frequency offset for a second frequency search, wherein the side lobe frequency offset varies with the selected correlation integration time of the first frequency search;

setting a frequency for a side lobe check on the basis of the determined side lobe frequency offset;

selecting a plurality of second search frequencies including the frequency for the side lobe check on the basis of a result of the first frequency search;

executing the second frequency search of performing the correlation operation at the plurality of selected second search frequencies including the frequency for the side lobe check; and

deciding a capture frequency by executing a third frequency search using a result of the second frequency search,

wherein an interval between frequencies of the plurality of second search frequencies including the frequency for the side lobe check is narrower than an interval between frequencies of the plurality of first search frequencies.

2. The capture frequency decision method according to claim 1,

wherein the setting of the frequency for a side lobe check includes setting the frequency for a side lobe check using a difference between frequencies of a main lobe and a side lobe set according to the correlation integration time, and

wherein the executing of the third frequency search includes executing a frequency search on the basis of a search frequency which is acquired by the second frequency search and at which a correlation value was a maximum in the second frequency search.

3. The capture frequency decision method according to claim 1, further comprising:

performing, when the second frequency search determines that that the maximum correlation value for the selected plurality of search frequencies occurs at a frequency for a side lobe check, a second execution of the second frequency search using a set of new search frequencies that includes a new frequency for a new side lobe check, the new frequency being different from the prior frequency for a side lobe check at which a maximum correlation value occurred.

4. The capture frequency decision method according to claim 3,

wherein performing the second execution of the second search frequency search includes setting the new frequency for a new side lobe check to a larger frequency than the prior frequency when the search frequency at which the correlation value is a maximum in the first execution of the second frequency search is larger than a search frequency at which the correlation value is a maximum in the first frequency search.

5. The capture frequency decision method according to claim 3,

wherein performing the second execution of the second search frequency search includes setting the new frequency for a new side lobe check to a smaller frequency than the prior frequency when the search frequency at which the correlation value is a maximum in the first execution of the second frequency search is smaller than a search frequency at which the correlation value is a maximum in the first frequency search.

6. The capture frequency decision method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether or not the frequency for a side lobe check is used in the second frequency search on the basis of a signal strength of the received signal,

wherein in the executing of the second frequency search, the correlation operation is performed at a plurality of second search frequencies including the frequency for a side lobe check when it is determined that the frequency for a side lobe check is used and the correlation operation is performed at a different search frequency from the frequency for a side lobe check when it is determined that the frequency for a side lobe check is not used.

7. The capture frequency decision method according to claim 1,

wherein the selecting of the plurality of second search frequencies includes selecting a frequency, which is selected using a search frequency pattern used when selecting a search frequency on the basis of a predetermined reference frequency, and the frequency for a side lobe check as search frequencies used in the second frequency search, and

wherein the executing of the third frequency search includes:

selecting a frequency for detailed search in the third frequency search using the search frequency pattern with the search frequency, which is acquired by the second frequency search and at which the correlation value is a maximum, as the reference frequency;

executing a detailed frequency search of performing the correlation operation at the frequency for detailed search; and

repeating selection of the frequency for detailed search and the detailed frequency search using a frequency for detailed search, which is acquired by the detailed frequency search and at which the correlation value is a maximum, as the new reference frequency.

8. The capture frequency decision method according to claim 1, wherein the side lobe frequency offset is inversely proportional to the selected correlation integration time of the first frequency search.

9. A receiver that captures a CDMA signal, which is a received signal, by deciding a capture frequency by executing a frequency search of performing a correlation operation on the CDMA signal in a frequency direction, the receiver comprising:

a first search executing section that selects a correlation integration time and executes a first frequency search of performing the correlation operation using the selected correlation integration time at a plurality of first search frequencies;

a setting section that determines a side lobe frequency offset for a second frequency search, and sets a frequency for a side lobe check on the basis of the determined side lobe frequency offset, wherein the side lobe frequency offset varies with the selected correlation integration time of the first frequency search;

a second search frequency selecting section that selects a plurality of second search frequencies including the frequency for the side lobe check on the basis of a result of the first frequency search;

a second frequency search executing section that executes the second frequency search of performing the correlation operation at the plurality of selected search frequencies including the frequency for the side lobe check; and

a capture frequency deciding section that decides a capture frequency by executing a third frequency search using a result of the second frequency search,

wherein an interval between frequencies of the plurality of second search frequencies including the frequency for the side lobe check is narrower than an interval between frequencies of the plurality of first search frequencies.

10. The receiver according to claim 9, wherein the side lobe frequency offset is inversely proportional to the selected correlation integration time of the first frequency search.