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Receiver sample timing adjustment using channel impulse response

US5537419A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 1993
Grant dateJul 16, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2027/0065
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides for sample timing adjustment using channel impulse response which is particularly well adapted for use in a receiver for digital cellular mobile telephones. The sample timing adjustment includes storing samples in time slots, generating estimates of the transmission channel impulse response, and using a subset of the samples received during the time slot, and generating error measurements of the degree to which the estimated channel impulse responses match the actual channel impulse responses. The different measures use simultaneously recorded samples having different time offsets. At least one sample used for each measure is advanced in time and one sample used for each measure is retarded in time relative to the samples used for generating the first measure. Then, a sample time setting that minimizes the error measurement is determined and the sampling is adjusted to reflect the newly determined sample time setting. Time-reversed operation further enhances performance and permits implementation with reasonable complexity for a standards compliant mobile receiver.

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