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Carrier tracking loop for direct sequence spread spectrum systems

US6621857B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 1999
Grant dateSep 16, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2027/0069
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless telephone system comprises a base transceiver having a base receiver and a plurality of wireless handsets. Each handset comprises a handset transceiver for establishing a DSSS link over a shared channel with the base unit via the base transceiver. Each receiver the base transceiver and the handset transceivers receives a spread-spectrum signal representing symbol data from a transmitter of the system, where each such receiver comprises a derotator that derotates the spread-spectrum signal in accordance with a counter-rotating signal to provide a derotated signal; a correlator for receiving the derotated signal and for providing output symbol data based on the derotated signal; a carrier tracking loop (CTL) phase error estimator for receiving the output symbol data and for generating a CTL phase error signal based upon the rotation of the spread-spectrum signal; and a CTL for generating the counter-rotating signal based on the CTL phase error signal.

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