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AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsRajiv Laroia, Junyi Li, Sundeep Rangan, Sathyadev Venkata Uppala
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Signal construction, detection and estimation techniques for use in uplink timing synchronization and access control in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) wireless system or other type of wireless communication system. In accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the invention, timing and access signals to be transmitted in designated timing and access intervals are constructed from orthogonal multitone signals. The multitone signals may be similar to multitone signals used in OFDM data transmission, except that a cyclic prefix associated with reception of the signals in a base station is extended to cover the timing errors of mobile stations not yet synchronized. The invention also provides design techniques which optimize the time resolvability and peak-to-average ratio of the multitone signals, an efficient fast Fourier transform (FFT) based technique for maximum likelihood timing estimation, and a robust linear filtering technique for averaging timing estimates from different synchronizations.
A method for use in a wireless communication system, comprising the step of:
A mobile station system for use in a wireless communication system, the mobile station system being operative to transmit at least one of an uplink access signal and an uplink timing synchronization signal from a corresponding mobile station of the system to a base station of the system, wherein the at least one signal is from a signal set which includes a plurality of orthogonal signals, such that different timing and access signals from the mobile station and at least one other mobile station of the system are received at the base station orthogonal to one another over a base station sample window.
An apparatus for use in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
A method for use in a wireless communication system, comprising the step of:
An apparatus for use in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
A base station system for use in a wireless communication system, the base station system being operative to receive at least one of an uplink access signal and an uplink timing synchronization signal from a mobile station of the system, wherein the at least one signal is from a signal set which includes a plurality of orthogonal signals, such that different timing and access signals from the mobile station and at least one other mobile station of the system are received at a corresponding base station orthogonal to one another over a base station sample window.
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