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L-3 Communications Corporation

Kenneth C Bark

Johnny M Harris

Dan M Griffin

Richard B Ertel

Merle LeRoy Keller, Jr

Randal R Sylvester

Zachary C Bagley

Dale D Fonnesbeck

A method is disclosed for PN correlation and symbol synchronization of a spread spectrum signal at a receiver when a symbol boundary of the spread spectrum signal is not on a PN epoch or is otherwise unknown. The method includes the operation of modulating the spread spectrum signal with a PN code to form a potentially despread signal. The potentially despread signal can be integrated for a plurality of symbol times at a rate of N integrations per symbol time to form N symbol energies per symbol for a plurality of symbols. Each of the N symbol energies can correspond to a different symbol time hypothesis. The N symbol energies from the plurality of symbols can be added respectively to form N summed symbol time hypotheses. The Nth summed symbol time hypothesis having maximum power can be found. The Nth summed symbol time hypothesis can relate to a location of the symbol boundary.

System and method for PN correlation and symbol synchronization

A system for verifying composite pseudo-noise (PN) encoded signals. The system provides at least three PN component codes, wherein the at least three PN component codes are relatively prime. The system partially correlates a received PN composite encoded signal with a first minor epoch derived from the at least three PN component codes. The system searches for phase alignment of the received PN composite encoded signal with a second minor epoch derived from the at least three PN component codes. The system correlates the received PN composite encoded signal with a receiver PN composite code phase when the first minor epoch and the searched second minor epoch are separated by a predetermined phase.

System and method for detecting PN code phase

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West Jordan, UT, United States of America

Kenneth C Bark