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Method and apparatus for performing search acquisition in a CDMA communications system

US5644591A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 1996
Grant dateJul 1, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2201/70701
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A novel an improved method of acquisition in a spread spectrum communication system is presented. In the present invention, a large window of PN chip offset hypotheses are searched and if an energy signal is found that might indicate the presence of the pilot signal having one of the chip offsets of the large search window, then a search of a subset of offset hypotheses, or small window, is searched.

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