Fast acquisition of a pilot signal in a wireless communication device
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04B-001/00
H04W-004/00
출원번호
UP-0754984
(2007-05-29)
등록번호
US-7684470
(2010-04-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Hughes, Robbin D.
Yao, De-Gang
Glazko, Serguei A.
출원인 / 주소
QUALCOMM Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
Beladi, Sayed H.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
1인용 특허 :
47
초록▼
In a remote unit of a wireless communication system, the speed of acquisition, or reacquisition, of a pilot signal by a search engine is increased. PN space is divided into segments and a coarse search of each segment is performed using a set of “fast” search parameters. A set of peak
In a remote unit of a wireless communication system, the speed of acquisition, or reacquisition, of a pilot signal by a search engine is increased. PN space is divided into segments and a coarse search of each segment is performed using a set of “fast” search parameters. A set of peak signal strengths, along with their corresponding PN offsets, is saved for each segment of PN space. Following the search of all segments of PN space, the peak signal strengths which were saved during the coarse acquisition are evaluated. Coarse acquisition search results are used by the remote unit to determine fine search window parameters for subsequent searches performed by the remote unit search engine. The fine search parameters concentrate searching efforts on portions of PN space most likely to contain a viable base station pilot signal.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A wireless communication system comprising: at least one remote unit configured to perform a coarse search of an entire PN space using coarse search parameters and identify a plurality of portions of the entire PN space, and subsequently to perform a fine search of the plural
What is claimed is: 1. A wireless communication system comprising: at least one remote unit configured to perform a coarse search of an entire PN space using coarse search parameters and identify a plurality of portions of the entire PN space, and subsequently to perform a fine search of the plurality of portions of the entire PN space using fine search parameters. 2. The wireless communication system of claim 1 wherein a first number of non-coherent passes during the coarse search is less than a second number of non-coherent passes during the fine search. 3. The wireless communication system of claim 1 wherein a first integration interval during the coarse search is less than a second integration interval during the fine search. 4. The wireless communication system of claim 1 wherein the at least one remote unit is further configured to divide the entire PN space into a plurality of segments, the coarse search performed over each of the plurality of segments, the fine search performed over less than each of the plurality of segments. 5. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the coarse search parameters comprise a first number of non-coherent passes set to 1 and a first integration interval set to about 0.1 msec. 6. The wireless communication system of claim 5, wherein the fine search parameters comprise a second number of non-coherent passes that is greater than the first number of non-coherent passes. 7. The wireless communication system of claim 5, wherein the fine search parameters comprise a second integration interval which is greater than the first integration interval. 8. A remote unit in a wireless communication system comprising: a search engine configured to receive coarse search parameters, to perform a coarse search of an entire PN space using the coarse search parameters, and to output search results of the coarse search, and subsequently to receive fine search parameters including a plurality of portions of the entire PN space to conduct a fine search, and to perform a fine search of the plurality of portions of the entire PN space using the fine search parameters; a memory configured to receive and store the search results of the search engine; and a controller configured to receive the coarse search results from the memory, to determine the plurality of portions of the entire PN space based on the coarse search results, and to transmit the fine and coarse search parameters to the search engine. 9. The remote unit of claim 8 wherein a first number of non-coherent passes during the coarse search is less than a second number of non-coherent passes during the fine search. 10. The remote unit of claim 8 wherein a first integration interval during the coarse search is less than a second integration interval during the fine search. 11. The remote unit of claim 8 wherein the controller is further configured to divide the entire PN space into a plurality of segments, the coarse search performed over each of the plurality of segments, the fine search performed over less than each of the plurality of segments. 12. A method of initially acquiring a base station by a wireless remote unit, the method comprising: performing a coarse search of an entire PN space for a pilot signal using coarse search parameters; determining a plurality of portions of the entire PN space to conduct a fine search based on the coarse search; and subsequently performing a fine search of the plurality of portions of the entire PN space using fine search parameters. 13. The method of claim 12 wherein a first number of non-coherent passes during the coarse search is less than a second number of non-coherent passes during the fine search. 14. The method of claim 12 wherein a first integration interval during the coarse search is less than a second integration interval during the fine search. 15. The method of claim 12 further comprising dividing the entire PN space into a plurality of segments, the coarse search performed over each of the plurality of segments, the fine search performed over less than each of the plurality of segments. 16. The method of claim 12 further comprising storing all measured signal levels identified during the coarse search which exceed a threshold level and a corresponding PN offsets. 17. The method of claim 12, wherein the coarse search parameters comprise a first number of non-coherent passes set to 1 and a first integration interval set to about 0.1 msec. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the fine search parameters comprise a second number of non-coherent passes that is greater than the first number of non-coherent passes. 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the fine search parameters comprise a second integration interval which is greater than the first integration interval. 20. A remote unit in a wireless communication system configured to perform a search for a pilot signal, the remote unit comprising: means for performing a coarse search of an entire PN space for a pilot signal using coarse search parameters; means for determining a plurality of portions of the entire PN space to conduct a fine search based on the coarse search; and means for subsequently performing a fine search of the plurality of portions of the entire PN space using fine search parameters. 21. The remote unit of claim 20 wherein a first number of non-coherent passes during the coarse search is less than a second number of non-coherent passes during the fine search. 22. The remote unit of claim 20 wherein a first integration interval during the coarse search is less than a second integration interval during the fine search. 23. The remote unit of claim 20 further comprising means for dividing the entire PN space into a plurality of segments, the coarse search performed over each of the plurality of segments, the fine search performed over less than each of the plurality of segments. 24. The remote unit of claim 20 further comprising means for storing all measured signal levels identified during the coarse search which exceed a threshold level and a corresponding PN offsets. 25. A computer readable storage medium encoded thereon with instructions that when executed cause an apparatus to perform a method of initially acquiring a base station by a wireless remote unit, said method comprising: performing a coarse search of an entire PN space for a pilot signal using coarse search parameters; determining a plurality of portions of the entire PN space to conduct a fine search based on the coarse search; and subsequently performing a fine search of the plurality of portions of the entire PN space using fine search parameters. 26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 25 wherein a first integration interval during the coarse search is less than a second integration interval during the fine search.
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