Patent Application: US-27600502-A

Abstract:
a method is provided for synchronizing a receiver with a transmitter , wherein a first synchronization signal with a multiplicity of second synchronization signals is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver , a set of second synchronization signals is subdivided into used code sets and at least one unused code set in such a way that the maximum in the peak values of the cross - correlation functions of the second synchronization signals , which are determined by a used code set , with a first synchronization signal is minimal .

Description:
illustrated in fig1 is a cellular mobile radio network that constitutes , for example , a umts ( universal mobile telecommunication system ) system that includes a multiplicity of mobile switching centers msc that are networked together and furnish the access to a fixed network . furthermore , these mobile switching centers msc are connected to , in each case can at least one base station controller bsc that also can be formed by a data processing system . each base station controller bsc is connected , in turn , to at least one base station bs . such a base station bs is a radio station that can set up a radio link to other radio stations , so - called mobile stations ms , via a radio interface . information can be transmitted via radio signals between the mobile stations ms and the base station bs assigned to these mobile stations ms . the range of the radio signals of a base station , or a number thereof in the individual case , essentially define a radio cell . base stations bs and a base station controller bsc can be combined to form a base station system . the base station system is also responsible in this case for the radio channel administration and / or allocation , the data rate matching , the monitoring of the radio transmission link , handover procedures , and for the allocation of the spread code sets to be used , and communicates the signaling information required therefor to the mobile stations ms . the umts system and the corresponding components of mobile stations and / or base stations can communicate in this case in the utra - tdd mode and / or in the utra - fdd mode . the base stations bs emit a first synchronization signal psc for a first cell search or the first step of a synchronization of a base station with a mobile station . in parallel with the psc , the base stations emit a multiplicity of second synchronization signals ssc for a second step of a synchronization of a base station with a mobile station . in this process , for utra fdd and utra tdd , the multiplicity of second synchronization signals ssc transmitted in parallel with the psc are extracted from the same quantity or the same set of 16 prescribed second synchronization sequences . depending on the mode or modes in which the base stations are being operated , however , the multiplicity of second synchronization signals ssc that are sent with the psc are determined by different code sets into which the 16 sscs are grouped . the set of 16 sscs is grouped in this case into five code sets in the utra tdd , of which four code sets , which include three sscs in each case , are used for synchronization in utra tdd , and one code set , which includes four sscs , is not used for synchronization in utra tdd . three sscs of a code set are then emitted in parallel with the psc for the purposes of synchronization in the time slots to which a psch ( primary synchronization channel ) is assigned . the grouping of the second synchronization signals into used code sets is performed as follows in this case , and is illustrated in fig2 : the psc and sscs are formed in this case by methods specified above . the determination of the temporal position of the first synchronization sequence psc and of the temporal sequence of the multiplicity of second synchronization sequences sscs is performed in the mobile stations via correlation calculations . in this process , the synchronization sequence of the psc is compared over the entire frame at each possible position with the received signal , typically by using a so - called matched filter . in the process , all possible cross correlations of the sscs with the psc also occur , and so the entire cross - correlation function must be investigated in an optimization of the sscs . the first synchronization sequence is used for time slot synchronization , and the multiplicity of second synchronization sequences are used for frame synchronization and for detecting further system parameters . in a further embodiment of the present invention , it is possible to utilize the fact that the following sscs all have the same peak value in the ccf with the psc : it follows that there are three different possible selections for the formation of the code sets ( two that are additional to the above - mentioned exemplary embodiment ), which all permit an ( approximately ) identical probability of detection . here , use is made in each case of one of these sscs ( ssc 13 , ssc 12 , ssc 6 ) in the second code set . in a preferred refinement , use is made in this case of ssc 6 for the third code set , in order to achieve a smaller difference in the rms values between the sets . although , as represented above , the rms value is not the primarily decisive criterion , it nevertheless can be advantageous to make such a selection as a subordinate criterion . in a further embodiment of the present invention , it is taken into account that a frequency error that can typically be approximately 10 khz can occur during the first cell search . in this refinement , the selection of the code sets is then carried out as a function of the ccf in the case of a frequency error . the selection criterion specified above is then extended to the effect that use is made not of the values of the ccf without frequency error , but of the values of the ccf with frequency error , or to the effect that use is made of a compromise between the best code sets with and without frequency error . it is taken into account in a further embodiment that the sscs of a group can be transmitted simultaneously ; the individual sscs being modulated , however , with a value from the group {+ 1 , − 1 , + j , − j }. in this embodiment , it is not the properties of the ccf of the individual sscs that are optimized with the psc , but the ccf of the various possible combinations of the modulated sscs with the psc . in this case , the selection can be carried out in a way similar to that described above ; in particular , taking account of the same criteria as described above . although the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments , those of skill in art will recognize that changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the hereafter appended claims . mitsubishi electric , “ optimized code sets for psch in utra tdd ”, 3gpp tsg ran wg1 # 13 tdoc r1 - 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