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Carrier detection for a wireless local area network

US5131006A · kind A · utility

117Cited by
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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 24, 1990
Grant dateJul 14, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 24, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/0805
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A local area network (10) utilizes a wireless transmission link and has network stations (12) each having two differently polarized antennas (14, 16). Data transmission utilizes a spread spectrum code and in the receiver, correlator outputs are utilized in an integrator and registers circuit (54) to provide correlator output sample values integrated over a plurality of symbol intervals. These values are stored in registers (156) the contents of which are utilized to determine a peak value and a total value which are applied to a spike quality determination circuit (78) including a look-up table (200). The resultant spike quality output value represents the quality of the received signal and is utilized for carrier detection and for antenna selection.

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