Acquiring a spread spectrum signal
US6263009A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/708
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A spread spectrum signal is detected at an unknown spreading signal phase by sampling the signal at a selected sampling rate and performing a despreading function on the sampled signal using multiple reference signals, each of which represents one of multiple search phases of the spreading signal. Accumulation outputs then are produced by combining each despreading output with a phase-shifted version of the corresponding accumulation output.
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