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

US5805648A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1995
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/70754
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A novel and 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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