Transmission system with improved tone detection
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsHarm Braams, Cornelis M. Moerman
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Abstract
In a transmission system, a tone is transmitted by a transmitter to a receiver via a transmission channel. In the receiver, a tone detector is used to detect the presence of a signalling tone. In order to improve a reliability of the tone detector when the arrival of the signalling tone is unknown, a number of correlators having mutually displaced measuring periods are used. More than two correlators are used in order to reduce the measuring period, also resulting in an improved reliability of the tone detection.
Claims8
A transmission system comprising a transmitter for transmission of a tone via a transmission channel to a receiver, said receiver comprising a detector for detecting a presence of the tone in a received signal, wherein the detector comprises a correlator for deriving a correlation signal being representative of a correlation value of an input signal and a reference signal, wherein the detector further comprises at least one additional correlator, and wherein the correlator and the additional correlator have overlapping measuring periods mutually displaced in time.
A terminal comprising a detector for detecting a presence of a tone in a received signal, wherein the detector comprises a correlator for deriving a correlation signal being representative of a correlation value of an input signal and a reference signal, wherein the detector further comprises at least one additional correlator, and wherein the correlator and the additional correlator have overlapping measuring periods mutually displaced in time.
A detector for detecting a presence of a tone in an input signal, the detector comprising a correlator for deriving a correlation signal being representative of a correlation value of the input signal and a reference signal;
- and at least one additional correlator, wherein the correlator and the additional correlator have overlapping measuring periods mutually displaced in time.
A method for detecting a presence of a tone in an input signal, said method comprising the steps of:
- deriving a correlation signal being representative of a correlation value of the input signal and a reference signal;
- and deriving an additional correlation signal being representative of a correlation value of the input signal and a reference signal, wherein the derivation of the correlation signal and the additional correlation signal takes place during overlapping measuring periods mutually displaced in time.
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