Abstract:
THERE IS DISCLOSED A METHOD AND APPARATUS ADAPTED FOR THE DETECTION OF A NARROW BAND SIGNAL IMMERSED IN A WIDE BAND SIGNAL. GENERALLY, THE CENTER FREQUENCY OF THE NARROW BAND SIGNAL IS KNOWN TO BE WITHIN AN AMBIGUITY REGION OF THE SIGNALS. THE AMBIGUITY REGION WILL BE PARTITIONED INTO N SECTIONS. EACH FRAME OF THE RECEIVED COMPOSITE SIGNAL (NARROW BAND + WIDE BAND) IS THEN FREQUENCY SHIFTED N TIMES DIGITALLY SUCH THAT, AFTER EACH SHIFT, ONE OF THE N SECTIONS CENTERED AT ZERO FREQUENCY. THE N FREQUENCY-SHIFTED COMPOSITE SIGNALS ARE FILTERED BY THE SAME LOW-PASS FILTER (62) AND THE N OUTPUTS ARE BUFFERED BY THE FRAME BUFFERING MEANS (54). WITH THIS PROCEDURE, THE NARROW BAND SIGNAL, IF PRESENT, WILL BE AT ONE OF THE N FILTERED OUTPUTS. TO DETECT THE NARROW BAND SIGGIIAL, EACH BUFFERED FILTER OUTPUT IS MULTIPLIED BY A DELAYED AND CONJJUGATED VERSION OF ITSELF A MOVING AVERAGE IS THEN APPLIED ON THE RESULT OF THE MULTIPLICATION AND THE MAXIMUM OF THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF THE MOVING AVERAGE IS FOUND. IF THE LARGEST OF THE N MAXIMA IS LARGER THAN A THRESHOLD, THE NARROW BAND SIGNAL IS DETECTED AND IDENTIFIED AS THE CONTROL CHANNEL. HIGH SNR SAMPLES ARE SUBSEQUENTLY SELECTED FOR ESTIMATING THE FREQUENCY OFFSET OF THE NARROW BAND SIGNAL.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method and apparatus adapted for the detection of a narrow band signal immersed in a wide band signal. Generally, the center frequency of the narrow band signal is known to be within an ambiguity region of the signals. The ambiguity region will be partitioned into N sections. Each frame of the received composite signal (narrow band + wide band) is then frequency shifted N times digitally such that, after each shift, one of the N sections centered at zero frequency. The N frequency-shifted composite signals are filtered by the same low-pass filter (62) and the N outputs are buffered by the frame buffering means (54). With this procedure, the narrow band signal, if present, will be at one of the N filtered outputs. To detect the narrow band signal, each buffered filter output is multiplied by a delayed and conjugated version of itself. A moving average is then applied on the result of the multiplication and the maximum of the absolute value of the moving average is found. If the largest of the N maxima is larger than a threshold, the narrow band signal is detected and identified as the control channel. High SNR samples are subsequently selected for estimating the frequency offset of the narrow band signal.