Patent · US Expired

Signalling method in a radio communication system, and transmitters, receivers and repeaters for implementing the method

US6829317B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 2000
Grant dateDec 7, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/2003
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmitter outputs a radio signal formed from a first baseband signal incorporating a synchronization signal. The recipient obtains a second baseband signal from the received radio signal, detects the synchronization signal in a portion of the second baseband signal in order to compute synchronization parameters and/or parameters for estimating a radio transmission channel, and uses the computed parameters to demodulate another portion of the second baseband signal and extract the transmitted information from it. The synchronization signal contains a synchronization pattern selected by the transmitter on the basis of signalling information to be supplied to the second station. The receiver searches several patterns in the second baseband signal in order to obtain the signalling information depending on the detected pattern.

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