Matra Communication

Stephane Pineau

Philippe Mege

Philippe Lucas

A synchronization method includes selecting, at a mobile station, at least one periodic pseudorandom sequence (PN) which corresponds to, and is synchronized with, the reference sequence transmitted by a base station on a pilot channel, and received by the mobile station over a propagation path, this operation being carried out regardless of the frequency deviation between the transmitter and the receiver. Various possible sequences are tested by calculating the quantities E[s(t).multidot.s*(t-.tau.)] and E[s(t).multidot.s*(t)], where E[.multidot.] designates the mean value calculated over a predetermined integration time, .tau. designates a predetermined delay, and s(t)=r(t).multidot.c(t) designates the product of the received base band signal r(t) and the value (c(t)) of the tested sequence, and by calculating the ratio .vertline.E[s(t).multidot.s*(t-.tau.)][.vertline./Es(t).multidot.s*(t)]. The sequence under test is selected if the ratio exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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Stephane Pineau