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Orthogonal spread spectrum system

US6108327A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/7085
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for maintaining orthogonality among a plurality of spread-spectrum signals arriving at a base station from a plurality of remote units. Each spread-spectrum signal of the plurality of spread-spectrum signals from each remote unit of the plurality of remote units is transmitted as a packet having a header followed by data. A base station sends a plurality of adjustment signals over a communications channel to the plurality of remote units, respectively. At each remote unit, a circuit selects, from the plurality of adjustment signals, a received-adjustment signal designated for each remote unit. A chip-sequence generator, located at each remote unit, generates a chip-sequence signal assigned to a respective remote unit and, responsive to the adjustment signal, adjusts timing of a chip-sequence signal generated by the chip-sequence generator. A remote spread-spectrum spreader processes, using the chip-sequence signal generated by the chip-sequence generator, a header-symbol signal and a data-sequence signal as an RU-spread-spectrum signal. An RU-transmitter section, time synchronized responsive to the adjustment signal, sends the RU-spread-spectrum signal over the communicati…

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