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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Steven H. Gardner, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven H. Gardner, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04K 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel method and apparatus for preamble detection and time synchronization estimation in OFDM communication systems is described. The present invention can be easily implemented to provide preamble detection and highly accurate time synchronization estimations. The inventive method and apparatus utilizes phase and magnitude information obtained from a received signal to detect a preamble and to calculate a time synchronization estimation for the received signal.