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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Richard J. Rosasco, Millersville, MD (US);
Brian W. Stevens, Elkridge, MD (US);
Aaron T. Thomas, Middletown, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An example method for determining a physical cell identifier is provided. The example method may include receiving a first and second signal captures from wireless, cellular communication signals transmitted by a base station. The first signal capture being a portion of a first radio frame and the second signal capture being a portion of a second, subsequent radio frame. The method may further include aligning the first and second signal captures to determine a location of a start of a first symbol in each and decoding data within signal captures to generate a first capture grid and a second capture grid. The method may further include combining the capture grids into a resultant grid and determining a subset of possible physical cell identifiers based on a position of a selected reference symbol within the resultant grid to assist with determining a current cell identifier.