Pulse or digital communications – Repeaters – Testing
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-03
2001-07-17
Chin, Stephen (Department: 2734)
Pulse or digital communications
Repeaters
Testing
C375S150000, C370S232000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06263014
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to correlation detection and more particularly to a correlator and method capable of accurately detecting signals with non-standard frequency deviations.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The Maximum Likelihood Detector which is also known as the Optimum Noncoherent Detector (or correlation detector) for detecting frequency shifted keyed (FSK) signals in an additive white gaussian noise channel is well known. The performance of a correlation detector can also be achieved with other detector architectures such as a Matched Filter or a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). These detectors have the ability to achieve a significant sensitivity improvement (i.e., 4 dB) over that of discriminators for M-level orthogonal signaling (i.e. FLEX™). However, when 2-level FLEX™ or POCSAG signals with Non-Standard deviations occur on the channel, severe degradations can occur. For 2 level FLEXT™ or POCSAG signaling, only the outer correlator bins of the correlator detector as shown in
FIG. 1
are necessary for detection. However the 2 inner correlators are often used as well (see
FIG. 2
) while only passing the most significant bit (MSB) of the symbol decision to the decoder.
Older systems such as those being used for POCSAG or Golay may have transmitters with poor deviation accuracy. Even though the POCSAG protocol states that the nominal deviations are +/−4500 Hz, measurements in the field have shown that they may vary anywhere from +/−2600 Hz to +/−5400 Hz as shown in FIG.
3
. These same (Pocsag) systems are often used to initially transmit 2-level FLEX™ signals until capacity warrants them moving to 4-level. Even using all 4 correlators as shown in
FIG. 2
would result in severely degraded performance if the deviations of the transmitter where at or near +/−3200 Hz. What is needed is a method which does not allow the degradation to occur when 2-level signaling is on the channel, but rather minimizes or removes the degradation allowing for the maximum improvement offered by use of the correlation detector in spite of the possibility of Non-Standard deviations existing on the channel.
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Chang Chun-Ye Susan
Powell, II Clinton C
Wadin Craig P.
Al-Beshrawi Tony
Chin Stephen
Dulaney Randi L.
Motorola Inc.
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