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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2004
David P. Gurney, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Anthony R. Schooler, Bartlett, IL (US);
Zhuan YE, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Richard Dicolli, Broomall, PA (US);
David P. Gurney, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Anthony R. Schooler, Bartlett, IL (US);
Zhuan Ye, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Richard DiColli, Broomall, PA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for improving burst acquisition in a receiver includes receiving a signal, and performing a sync word search on the signal, wherein the sync word search includes performing a hybrid synchronization technique, the hybrid synchronization technique including both a lower order modulation (e.g., BPSK) detection and correlation process and a higher order modulation (e.g., QPSK) detection and correlation process.