Patent ID: 8687673

Claim:
A method of performing bit synchronization in a receiver, the method comprising: generating a plurality of correlator output signals, wherein each correlator output signal corresponds to a correlation of a known sequence with a respective received signal corresponding to a respective antenna; generating a plurality of magnitude signals, wherein each magnitude signal corresponds to a magnitude of a respective correlator output signal; combining the plurality of magnitude signals to form a combined signal; distributing samples of the combined signal among a plurality of slots in a register circuit so that a subset of samples corresponding to a length of the known sequence is distributed among the plurality of slots; determining which slot in the plurality of slots corresponds to a sample with a highest magnitude among samples in the plurality of slots; generating a synchronization signal based on the determination of which slot in the plurality of slots corresponds to the sample with the highest magnitude among samples in the plurality of slots; and using the synchronization signal to synchronize the receiver.