Method and apparatus for wide range automatic frequency control

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving an input signal based on a tuning signal having a frequency within one of a plurality of frequency bands;
• means for comparing a sequence of input bits indicated by the input signal to a predetermined pattern of bits;
• and
• means for adjusting the frequency of the tuning signal to be within another of the plurality of frequency bands if the sequence of input bits do not match the predetermined pattern of bits.

An apparatus comprising:

• receive logic to receive an input signal based on a tuning signal having a frequency within one of a plurality of frequency bands;
• compare logic to compare a sequence of input bits indicated by the input signal to a predetermined pattern of bits;
• and
• band select logic to adjust the frequency of the tuning signal to be within another of the plurality of frequency bands if the sequence of input bits do not match the predetermined pattern of bits.

An apparatus comprising:

• an oscillator to receive a control signal and to generate a tuning signal having a frequency indicated by the control signal;
• receive logic to receive an input signal based on the tuning signal to obtain a sequence of input bits;
• compare logic to compare the sequence of input bits to a predetermined pattern of bits;
• and
• first frequency control logic to output a sequence of control signals to the oscillator until the compare logic indicates that the sequence of input bits matches the predetermined pattern of bits, each control signal of the sequence of control signals indicating a frequency within a respective one of a plurality of frequency bands.

A method comprising:

• receiving a paging signal based on a tuning signal having a frequency within one of a plurality of frequency bands;
• comparing a sequence of values indicated by the paging signal to a predetermined pattern;
• and
• adjusting the frequency of the tuning signal to be within another of the plurality of frequency bands if the sequence of values does not match the predetermined pattern.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a paging signal based on a tuning signal having a frequency within one of a plurality of frequency bands;
• means for comparing a sequence of values indicated by the paging signal to a predetermined pattern;
• and
• means for adjusting the frequency of the tuning signal to be within another of the plurality of frequency bands if the sequence of values does not match the predetermined pattern.

An apparatus comprising:

• receive logic to receive a paging signal based on a tuning signal having a frequency within one of a plurality of frequency bands;
• compare logic to compare a sequence of values indicated by the paging signal to a predetermined pattern;
• and
• band select logic to adjust the frequency of the tuning signal to be within another of the plurality of frequency bands if the sequence of values does not match the predetermined pattern.

An apparatus comprising:

• an oscillator to receive a control signal and to generate a tuning signal having a frequency indicated by the control signal;
• receive logic to receive a paging signal based on the tuning signal to obtain a sequence of values;
• compare logic to compare the sequence of values to a predetermined pattern;
• and
• first frequency control logic to output a sequence of control signals to the oscillator until the compare logic indicates that the sequence of values matches the predetermined pattern, each control signal of the sequence of control signals indicating a frequency within a respective one of a plurality of frequency bands.