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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:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Andrew Papageorgiou, Cambridge, GB;
Diego Giancola, Cambridge, GB;
Gerald Williams, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
UbiNetics Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/216 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of classifying a ray is disclosed, the ray being received at a code division multiple access receiver. The method comprises: determining if a timing characteristic of the ray falls within a predetermined range of a timing characteristic of a ray classified to a given cell; in response to a positive determination, mixing a received signal with a scrambling code used by the given cell to provide a mixed signal; and examining the mixed signal to determine if the ray originates from the given cell.