Method and system for implementing a system acquisition function for use with a communication device
US7400668B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2201/70711
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system acquisition module and corresponding method for facilitating PN code searching which has a PN sequence generator configurable to generate a plurality of PN sequences. The module and method also includes computational units configurable to correlate each received signal sample of a plurality of received signal samples with a corresponding PN sequence of the plurality of PN sequences, and further configurable to provide other hardware resources. A number of computational units from the plurality of computational units are selectively configured to correlate the received signal samples with the PN sequences-the number depending upon availability of the plurality of computational units from providing the other hardware resources. In another embodiment, a communication device having a system acquisition function is provided which includes the system acquisition module and a receiver configured to receive signals, where a plurality of configurable computational units are selectively configurable to implement the PN sequence generator.
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