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Method and apparatus for frequency offset compensation

US6590945B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 13, 1999
Grant dateJul 8, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2027/0046
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A simplified method for frequency offset estimation in a TDMA cellular PCS environment using &pgr;/4-shifted DQPSK comprises the steps of multiplying a complex conjugate of a received complex-valued symbol and a succeeding symbol to produce a comparison vector having an angle equal to the phase angle between the received complex-valued symbol and the succeeding symbol, rotating the comparison vector so that the angle thereof is between 0° and 90°, and estimating the frequency offset by determining a constant deviation of the phase angle from an ideal phase angle value of 45° by calculating an average phase angle for a plurality of successive comparison vectors or correlating the rotated comparision vector against a bank of unit vectors to determine a maximum correlation.

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