A closed-loop coherent acquisition scheme for PN sequences using anauxiliary sequence

We propose a closed-loop system for the acquisition of the pseudo-noise (PN) signal in direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS/SS) systems. We introduce a novel idea of using an auxiliary signal, as opposed to the PN signal itself, for correlation with the incoming signal. The cross-correlation function of the auxiliary signal and the PN signal has a triangle shape that covers essentially the entire period of the PN signal. Consequently, their correlation provides the direction for the phase update of the local signal generator in the acquisition scheme. With coherent demodulation, the mean and variance of the acquisition time are derived under additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). They are compared to those of the conventional serial-search acquisition system. Results suggest that the proposed system acquires the PN phase at least twice faster, with significantly smaller acquisition time variance, than the conventional system     

A differentially coherent PN code acquisition receiver for CDMAsystems

New differentially coherent detectors for acquisition of direct sequence spread-spectrum signals are introduced. These detectors are alternatives to the noncoherent detectors that have been considered almost exclusively in the past. The proposed detectors are suitable for commercial code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems which operate with a relatively large noise floor and provide a surprisingly large signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement over the noncoherent detectors of approximately 5 dB. Under the random code sequence assumption, an exact analysis of the differentially coherent detection performance for both full period correlation (FPC) and partial period correlation (PPC) is carried out. The detector performance in terms of detection and false alarm probabilities for both partial and full period correlations is investigated, and the results are compared with those of classical noncoherent detection. The mean acquisition time for both single-dwell and multiple-dwell acquisition schemes are compared with their noncoherent counterparts     

A coherent acquisition method for a PN sequence using binary searchand an auxiliary sequence

Direct sequence spread spectrum systems require a local replica of the pseudonoise (PN) sequence to be synchronized with the received signal's spreading code. A method is proposed to improve the PN sequence acquisition time and decrease the acquisition time variability. The proposed method is based on a binary search algorithm. At each stage of the algorithm, an auxiliary signal is used to formulate a new search region within the PN sequence, and at each stage the search region is reduced by half. The region containing the incoming PN phase is therefore obtained within O(log₂ (N+1)) steps. A closed loop coherent PN acquisition algorithm presented by Salih and Tantaratana (1996) motivated the use of the auxiliary signal, and the algorithm of Salih et al. is also used for comparison. Results indicate the algorithm presented in this paper can achieve a factor of two to three times improvement in the mean acquisition time with a significant decrease in the acquisition time variability     

一种改进的两级相干累加码捕获方法

为了提高伪码捕获性能,在分析常用相干-非相干码捕获平方损耗及捕获性能的基 础上,提出了一种改进的两级相干累加伪码捕获算法。通过在第二级累加之前对多普勒频偏 进行有效补偿,实现了相干累加,提高了捕获性能;采用FFT实现,解决了工程实现的难 度。与传统的相干-非相干累加码捕获算法相比,该方法具有捕获门限低、多普勒频偏可估 计等优点。计算机仿真表明,该方法仅比理论值恶化1 dB,具有高效的捕获性能。 同时,分析表明该方法实现简单、快捷,具有很好的工程应用前景。     

Differentially coherent PN code acquisition with full-periodcorrelation in chip-synchronous DS/SS receivers

Differentially coherent detection techniques for PN code acquisition in direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS/SS) receivers are designed and analyzed in this letter. The full-period cross correlation (FPC) can be modeled as deterministic for certain types of PN sequences whose autocorrelation functions have ideal shapes the same as those of maximum length shift registration (MLSR) sequences. This model is exploited here to simplify the design and performance evaluation of the proposed detection techniques. Such techniques can be confidently employed as alternatives to noncoherent detectors because of their attractive improvements in the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and, thus, are very suitable for commercial code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems, which often operate in severely noisy environments. The results of statistical analyses show that the proposed techniques can provide rapid acquisition and improved performance in SNR     

两级相干累加伪码捕获算法的FPGA实现

针对现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)实现的伪码捕获算法中存在逻辑资源消耗大、频率估计精度差、判决门限计算复杂等问题,首先提出利用直接II型匹配滤波器结构实现第一级相关运算,做到逻辑资源与计算时间之间的平衡;然后提出利用线性调频Z变换(CZT)代替离散傅里叶变换(DFT)实现第二级相干累加,提高了频率估计精度并减小了频谱泄露;最后通过对判决量进行统计分析,给出了判决门限的自适应设置方法,并验证了其有效性。     

PN acquisition for DS/SS using a preloop parallel binary search phase estimator and a closed-loop selective search subsystem

An acquisition method of long pseudo-noise (PN) sequences in direct-sequence spread spectrum (DS/SS) systems is presented. The concurrent cross correlation of locally generated auxiliary signals with the incoming PN sequence produces binary search estimates leading to an initial approximation of the input signal's PN offset. The PN receiver then uses a closed-loop subsystem to determine the true offset of the incoming PN signal. New phase estimates are generated from successive corrections of likely errors in the binary search. The acquisition scheme's average acquisition time and its variance are analytically determined. Simulation results show that the proposed acquisition scheme is faster than the conventional serial receiver. A hybrid serial/parallel PN acquisition receiver is used for comparing the acquisition performance given similar hardware complexity. The hybrid receiver used the same number of parallel correlators as used in the proposed receiver's input phase estimator. Simulation results show that the proposed system provides an improved performance under normal operating conditions.     

Rapid acquisition of PN sequences with a new decision logic

In this paper, a fast acquisition scheme of pseudonoise (PN) sequences for direct-sequence spread-spectrum systems is proposed. The scheme exploits a new decision logic not only to estimate chip values, but also to check the reliability of the chip estimates. As a result, the internal state of a PN sequence generator is estimated more accurately. We derive the probability of finding a correct state estimate and show that the proposed scheme can reduce the average number of chips for acquisition when compared with the conventional scheme. It is also shown that the performance improvement is more noticeable in the moderate signal-to-noise-ratio range.     

一种快速的PN码同步捕获方法

针对直扩系统中长PN码同步捕获速度慢的问题,利用推导的串接短PN码与长PN码具有相似相关性的结论,对直扩系统中PN码同步捕获的并行匹配滤波捕获方法进行改进,得到了简单可行的串并结合捕获方法。然后,结合一个周期内PN码相关值,采用迭代的方式,选取简单、实用的自适应门限,实现了突发通信中PN码的快速同步捕获。采用该自适应门限的捕获方法无需估计噪声,计算量小。仿真实验表明所提方法捕获概率高,抗噪性能强。     

Detection and false alarm probability of PN code acquisition inDS-CDMA system

The authors present the performance of double dwell acquisition using a continuous integration detector. One performance measure in an acquisition system is the mean acquisition time, which depends on detection and false alarm probability. The detection and false alarm probability of double dwell acquisition using continuous integration detector is derived     

一种应用于测控模拟验证设备的伪码捕获方案

依据设备指标基于FFT循环相关算法提出了一种扩频伪码捕获方案。采用相干累加和恒虚警门限设置对方案进行了改进并完成了检测模型的特性分析及周期累加次数的确定,同时基于FP-GA设计了循环相关模块和峰值检波模块的实现框架。仿真分析表明,此方案满足现实需求,具有很强的实用价值。     

一种PN码自适应捕获门限的改进算法

文献[1]提出了一种用于直扩系统的PN码自适应门限算法。但该文献也指出,此算法对门限总数十分敏感。当门限总数设置不当时,系统的平均捕获时间将显著增加。这限制了该算法在实际中的应用。本文就此提出了改进,给出了算法及电路框图。仿真结果表明,与原方案相比,改进算法改善了对门限总数的敏感性,降低了PN码平均捕获时间。     

基于分段相关－视频积累方法的多驻留伪码捕获系统优化设计

针对载波多普勒下的伪码捕获问题,分析了基于分段相关-视频积累方法的多驻留伪码捕获系统的最优性能。推导了正交双通道检测器的检测概率和虚警概率表达式,给出了多驻留系统的捕获时间均值表达式;通过采用遗传算法对系统进行优化设计,增大了系统的多普勒容限,降低了捕获时间;分析了驻留级数、多普勒和载噪比等对捕获系统性能的影响。研究成果可用于指导扩频系统接收机伪码捕获模块的设计。     

PN码滑动相关捕获方法的改进

在扩频通信中,PN码的同步一直是研究的重点和难点.同步包括两部分:捕获和跟踪.捕获是实现同步的第一步,为了适应不同的环境,人们研究出了许多捕获的方法,其中,滑动相关捕获法是一种最简单、最实用的方法.针对该方法捕获时间较长的不足,提出了增加一个相位搜索控制器的方法来改进PN码捕获电路.在完全不影响其优点的情况下,缩短了捕获时间,使其捕获时间变为了原来的3/4,在工程中有重要的应用价值.     

Adaptive acquisition of PN sequences for DSSS communications

Since the received signal levels in mobile communications are unknown and the location is varying, acquisition schemes for pseudonoise (PN) sequences with fixed thresholds cannot provide satisfactory performance. This fixed-threshold scheme may cause too many false alarms or result in a low detection probability for a selected threshold value. We present an adaptive acquisition scheme for PN sequences which estimate the background power level, multiply it with a threshold coefficient to keep the false alarms constant, and use it as a threshold     

Rapid code acquisition algorithm employing PN matched filters

The performance of four algorithms using pseudonoise matched filters (PNMFs), for direct-sequence spread-spectrum systems, is analyzed. They are: parallel search with fix dwell detector (PL-FDD), parallel search with sequential detector (PL-SD), parallel-serial search with fix dwell detector (PS-FDD), and parallel-serial search with sequential detector (PS-SD). The operation characteristic for each detector and the mean acquisition time for each algorithm are derived. All the algorithms are studied in conjunction with the noncoherent integration technique, which enables the system to operate in the presence of data modulation. Several previous proposal using PNMF are seen as special cases of the present algorithms     

An improved sequential estimation scheme for PN acquisition

An improved sequential estimation (ISE) pseudonoise (PN) acquisition scheme based on an extended characteristic polynomial is proposed in which the PN despreader can work or both the m sequence and the inverted m sequence. The scheme can be easily implemented by a front-end bit detector followed by full digital circuitry. The mean acquisition time of ISE is derived     

PN code acquisition using signed-rank-based non-parametric detector in a multiplicative noise model

Multiplicative noise is known to be useful in modelling an environment that is difficult to describe with an additive noise model. In this article, signed-rank-based non-parametric detectors are used for pseudonoise (PN) code acquisition in multiplicative noise. First, a locally optimum (LO) detector based on the signs and ranks of observations is derived, and then the locally suboptimum rank (LSR) detector is proposed by using approximate score functions. The finite sample-size performance of the LSR detector is considered. Numerical results show that the LSR detector asymptotically has almost the same performance as the LO detector for multiplicative noise.