Patent ID: 8964812
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G01S,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: sharing a processing workload for acquisition of a communication channel between dedicated circuitry and a separate programmable processor system, wherein the dedicated circuitry partially decodes data for the acquisition of the communication channel to produce partially decoded data, wherein the acquisition of the communication channel comprises determining at least two parameters that define the communication channel, wherein one of the at least two parameters is a spreading code phase, wherein one of the at least two parameters is a frequency, and wherein at least one parameter of the at least two parameters is determined in the dedicated circuitry and at least one parameter of the at least two parameters is determined in the separate programmable processor system; performing a processing workload for tracking the communication channel using the dedicated circuitry and not the separate programmable processor system while using the separate programmable processor system for hosting an application that uses information dependent upon data dependent on the communication channel; transferring the partially decoded data from the dedicated circuitry to the separate programmable processor system during the acquisition of the communication channel; and transferring information dependent on fully decoded data from the dedicated circuitry to the separate programmable processor system when tracking the communication channel.