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Signal quality detector and methods thereof

US5721754A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1996
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A signal quality detector (206) and analogous method thereof for operation on a signal having at least one predetermined frequency, the detector including a symbol detector (209), coupled to the signal, for providing a maximum discrete time Fourier transform value for a time period, the maximum discrete time Fourier transform value corresponding to one of the at least one predetermined frequency, an energy detector (217) for providing an energy estimate corresponding to a energy value of the signal over the time period, and a combinatorial logic (219) for combining the maximum discrete Fourier transform value and the energy estimate to provide a signal quality estimate or signal power or noise power.

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