Patent · US Expired

Method for assigning variable-length walsh codes for code division multiple access communications systems

US7075885B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
5References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 3, 2001
Grant dateJul 11, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 31, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J13/18
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Modulation codes for code division multiple access (CDMA) cellular communications systems that are mutually orthogonal may be generated as a sequence of Walsh codes. A method of assigning Walsh codes includes the steps of (404) receiving as input a status vector (200) for a Walsh code system of length 2n and a selected Walsh code length j=2n−k; (406)–(418) creating a new status vector for a selected Walsh code length of j from the status vector; (416) creating a search mask for the selected Walsh code length j; (418) creating a search sequence for the selected Walsh code length j; and (434)–(442) searching the search sequence for the next available Walsh code. The status vector is updated (500) to track the assignment and release of each Walsh code of each Walsh code length in the Walsh code system.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.