Abstract:
First estimations of the fading coefficients of a multi-path transmission channel are carried out in the sense of maximum likelihood. Sets of Wiener filter coefficients are stored according to predetermined speeds of movement of the mobile terminal and predetermined power levels of the signal. The real speed of the mobile terminal is estimated and the power of the signal for each path is measured. From this, a set of Wiener filter coefficients is derived with which the first estimations are filtered to obtain the final estimation of the fading coefficients.
Abstract:
A remote terminal includes a receiver stage for receiving a transmitted signal and for delivering an analog signal. The remote terminal further includes an analog/digital converter for converting the analog signal to a digital signal, and a processing stage for processing the digital signal. The analog/digital converter is a delta-sigma converter having adjustable parameters, and the processing stage includes a tuning circuit for adjusting these parameters on the fly as a function of the transmission standard, of the actual rate of transmission of the useful data, and of the actual conditions of reception.
Abstract:
A rake receiver uses a delayed version of the received sequence and a delayed version of a scrambling code. The flexible hardware structure of the time-aligning and descrambling unit includes at least two delay chains and one multiplier. By controlling two multiplexers, the delayed versions of the received sequence can be multiplied with an arbitrary scrambling code having an arbitrary phase. During one chip period, one multiplication is performed for each path to be processed.
Abstract:
The electrical consumption of a cellular mobile telephone is reduced by using fractional-division phase-locked loops receiving a frequency reference from a fairly inaccurate quartz oscillator. Electrical consumption is also reduced by switching the output of the oscillator onto the input of the processing stage when the transmission/reception stage is inactive. The fractional-division phase-locked loops can then be deactivated.
Abstract:
Procédé de détection d'un fonctionnement potentiellement suspect d'un dispositif électronique configuré pour fonctionner au cours de sessions d'activité, comportant au sein du dispositif, une comptabilisation, à partir d'un instant initial (t0), du nombre de sessions d'activité ayant une durée (TR) inférieure à un premier seuil (TS1), et une comparaison de ce nombre avec un deuxième seuil.
Abstract:
A modified MOSFET structure comprises an integrated field effect rectifier connected between the source and drain of the MOSFET to shunt current during switching of the MOSFET. The integrated FER provides faster switching of the MOSFET due to the absence of injected carriers during switching while also decreasing the level of EMI relative to discrete solutions. The integrated structure of the MOSFET and FER can be fabricated using N-, multi-epitaxial and supertrench technologies, including 0.25µm technology. Self-aligned processing can be used.
Abstract:
The method comprises a main interference reduction mode (MIRM) for reducing interferences generated by a wide band device towards a narrow band device. Said method is performed within said wide band device and detecting (40) an emission from and/or a reception performed by said narrow baand device, determining (41) from said detection step a group of at least one sub-carrier having frequencies interfering with the narrow band device determining (42) the bits which correspond to the information carried by said interfering sub-carriers of said group and processing (43) said determined bits such that they are mapped into a reference symbol having an amplitude equal or close to zero.
Abstract:
According to a particular application, the wireless apparatus comprises a millimeter-wave communication interface (MMWINT) configured to exchange information within a millimeter-wave communication network, an UWB communication interface (MCINT) and control means (CTRLM) configured to activate said UWB interface for communicating location indication to said communication network according to an UWB communication standard, said location indication being intended for locating the wireless apparatus within said network.
Abstract:
A receiver and a method for receiving a signal comprising a carrier modulated with a known training sequence is described in which an estimate a carrier frequency offset is obtained from an autocorrelation signal by autocorrelation of the part of the received signal containing a known training sequence. The received signal is compensated with the frequency offset obtained to form a compensated received signal, and a timing reference for the received signal is obtained by cross-correlation of the compensated received signal with a known training sequence.