Combining sub-chip resolution samples in arms of a spread-spectrum rake receiver
US6442193B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/712
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A spread spectrum communication device having a channel estimator and a rake receiver with a number of rake fingers. The spread spectrum communication device is used in a direct sequence spread spectrum, code division multiple access system. In the spread spectrum system, symbols are spread by a pseudo-noise reference sequence, with a chip rate substantially higher than a symbol rate of the symbols, the spread symbols are modulated onto a carrier, and the carrier modulated signals are transmitted over an air-interface. The air-interface tends to produce multipath components of the transmitted signal. The spread spectrum communication device receives the multipath components, and demodulates symbols intended for it, by de-spreading the received signals with a locally generated pseudo-noise reference sequence, and coherently adding multipath resolved components intended for it. After carrier demodulation of the received signals, the spread spectrum communication device samples the demodulated signals with a sampling rate exceeding the chip rate so that samples at a sub-chip resolution are obtained. Individual rake fingers coherently combine multipath components resolved at a sub-chip…
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