Symmetric chirp communications acquisition method and apparatus
US6396866B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2027/0095
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of acquiring a communications signal is provided. The method includes the steps of storing a forward chirp sync segment (106) of an auto-correlating forward chirp sync (102) and storing a reverse chirp sync segment (108) of a symmetric auto-correlating reverse chirp sync (104). A header comprising of either a forward chirp sync FCS (102) or a reverse chirp sync RCS (104), a predetermined number of data blocks comprising a data frame (308), and the symmetric auto-correlating trailer is received. The header, the data blocks, and the symmetric trailer are susceptible to frequency error. The method correlates the FCS segment (106) with the auto-correlating FCS (102) to provide a FCS correlation signal (312) and correlates the RCS segment (104) with the auto-correlating RCS (108) to provide a RCS correlation signal (314). The method determines the frequency error, symbol timing, and frame timing based upon the FCS correlation signal (312) and the RCS correlation signal (314).
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