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Method and apparatus for determining the signal quality of a digital signal
Assignee: Motorola Solutions Inc
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Filing: 1993-02-01
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Granted: 1995-01-31
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Expires: 2013-02-01
Abstract
Abstract A receiver for receiving and decoding a carrier signal is described. The carrier signal is modulated with a digital signal. The receiver includes a receiver section (162) for demodulating the received carrier signal. The demodulated signal is then sent through an A/D converter (164) for converting the demodulated signal into a digital format. A digital signal processor (166) receives the digital format and calculates the autocorrelation function of the digital format. The digital signal processor (166) then computes the ratio of the autocorrelation at two different reference points and compares this value to a plurality of values stored in its memory locations. The plurality of stored values representing different signal quality measurements.
Inventors
- 👤 Chin P. Wong
- 👤 Gordon W. Chiu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 08:36
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for determining the signal quality of a received carrier signal modulated with a digital signal, comprising the steps of: (a) a demodulating the carrier signal to recover the digital signal; (b) calculating the autocorrelation function of the digital signal; (c) determining the signal quality of the digital signal using the autocorrelation function by performing the sub-steps of: (c1) determining the value of the autocorrelation function at first and second reference points; and (c2) producing a signal quality indication by taking the ratio of the value of the autocorrelation function at the first reference point against the value of the autocorrelation function at the second reference point.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for determining the signal quality of a received carrier signal modulated with a digital signal, comprising the steps of: (a) a demodulating the carrier signal to recover the digital signal; (b) calculating the autocorrelation function of the digital signal; (c) determining the signal quality of the digital signal using the autocorrelation function by performing the sub-steps of: (c1) determining the value of the autocorrelation function at first and second reference points; and (c2) producing a signal quality indication by taking the ratio of the value of the autocorrelation function at the first reference point against the value of the autocorrelation function at the second reference point.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein step (c) comprises the further step of: determining if the value determined in step (c1) matches a value stored in a table.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the second reference point is a sample delay which equals zero.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as defined in claim 2, wherein each value stored in the table of step (c2) represents a different signal quality measurement.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as defined in claim 4, wherein each signal quality measurement represents a different signal-to-noise ratio (S/N).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
113 words
A receiver for determining the signal quality of a received carrier signal modulated with an information signal, the receiver comprising: demodulator means for demodulating the received carrier signal to produce a demodulated signal; calculation means responsive to the demodulator means for calculating the autocorrelation function of the demodulated signal; determination means coupled to the calculation means for determining the value of the autocorrelation function at first and second reference points; and ratio generation means coupled to the determination means for producing a signal quality indication by taking the ratio of the value of the autocorrelation function at the first reference point against the value of the autocorrelation function at the second reference point.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
113 words
A receiver for determining the signal quality of a received carrier signal modulated with an information signal, the receiver comprising: demodulator means for demodulating the received carrier signal to produce a demodulated signal; calculation means responsive to the demodulator means for calculating the autocorrelation function of the demodulated signal; determination means coupled to the calculation means for determining the value of the autocorrelation function at first and second reference points; and ratio generation means coupled to the determination means for producing a signal quality indication by taking the ratio of the value of the autocorrelation function at the first reference point against the value of the autocorrelation function at the second reference point.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
A receiver as defined in claim 6, further comprising: storage means coupled to the ratio generation means for storing a list of predetermined values; and comparison means coupled to the memory means for comparing the value of the ratio produced by the ratio generation means with the predetermined list of values.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A receiver as defined in claim 6, wherein the information signal is a digital signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
A receiver as defined in claim 6, wherein the demodulated signal is converted to a digital format by an analog-to-digital converter which is coupled to the demodulator means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A receiver as defined in claim 6, wherein the second reference point is a sample delay which equals zero.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A receiver as defined in claim 7, wherein each value in the predetermined list of values represents different signal-to-noise ratios (S/N).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
113 words
A radio for determining the signal quality of a received carrier signal modulated with a digital signal, the receiver comprising: demodulator means for demodulating the received carrier signal to produce a demodulated signal; calculation means responsive to the digital signal for calculating the autocorrelation function of the digital signal; determination means coupled to the calculation means for determining the value of the autocorrelation function at first and second reference points; and ratio generation means coupled to the determination means for producing a signal quality indication by taking the ratio of the value of the autocorrelation function at the first reference point against the value of the autocorrelation function at the second reference point.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
113 words
A radio for determining the signal quality of a received carrier signal modulated with a digital signal, the receiver comprising: demodulator means for demodulating the received carrier signal to produce a demodulated signal; calculation means responsive to the digital signal for calculating the autocorrelation function of the digital signal; determination means coupled to the calculation means for determining the value of the autocorrelation function at first and second reference points; and ratio generation means coupled to the determination means for producing a signal quality indication by taking the ratio of the value of the autocorrelation function at the first reference point against the value of the autocorrelation function at the second reference point.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
A radio as defined in claim 12, wherein the digital signal which modulates the carrier signal is a multi-level digital signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radio as defined in claim 12, wherein the calculation means comprises a digital signal processor (DSP).
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