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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Sven Fischer, Nuremberg, DE;

Muhammad Awais Amin, Nuremberg, DE;

Douglas Neal Rowitch, Del Mar, CA (US);

Avneesh Agrawal, San Diego, CA (US);

Raja S. Bachu, Somerset, NJ (US);

Ashwin Sampath, Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Sven Fischer, Nuremberg, DE;

Muhammad Awais Amin, Nuremberg, DE;

Douglas Neal Rowitch, Del Mar, CA (US);

Avneesh Agrawal, San Diego, CA (US);

Raja S. Bachu, Somerset, NJ (US);

Ashwin Sampath, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 3/02 (2006.01); G01S 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/14 (2013.01); G01S 5/021 (2013.01); G01S 5/0221 (2013.01); G01S 5/0226 (2013.01); G01S 5/0236 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for determining time of arrivals (TOAs) of signals in a wireless communication network are described. Each cell may transmit (i) synchronization signals on a set of contiguous subcarriers in the center portion of the system bandwidth and (ii) reference signals on different sets of non-contiguous subcarriers distributed across the system bandwidth. A UE may determine TOA for a cell based on multiple signals transmitted on different sets of subcarriers. The UE may perform correlation for a first signal (e.g., a synchronization signal) from the cell to obtain first correlation results for different time offsets. The UE may perform correlation for a second signal (e.g., a reference signal) from the cell to obtain second correlation results for different time offsets. The UE may combine the first and second correlation results and may determine the TOA for the cell based on the combined correlation results.


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