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CDMA Communication system and method

US5930244A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1997
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W56/0005
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In CDMA communications, a base station detects a difference between a reference phase of a spreading code and a phase of a received signal of each terminal station, and feeds a phase jump signal PJ-i representative of the phase difference back to each terminal station. After timing acquisition, the reception operation is performed using the reference phase, and a shift amount between the phase of a received signal and the reference phase is fed back to each terminal station as phase synchronization control information PC-i. Each terminal station coarsely adjusts the phase of the spreading code in accordance with the phase jump signal PJ-i, and thereafter finely adjusts the phase of its transmitting signal in accordance with the phase synchronization control information PC-i. It is therefore possible to synchronize the phases of the signals transmitted from terminal stations and received at the base station. Accordingly, an orthogonal code is used for spreading on the reverse links.

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