Patent ID: 6370182
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A multiple frequency band, multiple channel radio receiver comprising a front end circuitry, including multiple antenna elements, for providing complex base band samples for a plurality of frequency bands and multiple channels in digital format, a parallel digital matched filter in which common digital arithmetic elements are used for both acquisition and tracking purposes connected to said front end circuitry, said matched filter being arranged to perform a plurality of simultaneous correlations of received spread spectrum signals against selected replica offsets of a spreading sequence, said parallel digital matched filter providing N slices with M stages per slice and W bit data quantization, wherein N, M, W are integer, each slice being adapted to perform 1/N of the acquisition computation and then is handed off to become a dedicated tracking module for one channel, respectively, and an integrated multi-element adaptive digital beamformer combiner connected to said parallel digital matched filter.