Abstract:
A modulation scheme (600) useful in a voice paging system in which both of two orthogonal modulation components (500 and 510) are used to carry two halves of a single voice message destined for a receiver, or two separate voice messages for a receiver. The single voice message is transmitted in half the time.
Abstract:
A dual mode communication receiver a receiver for receiving information transmitted in a first and second modulation format on a common channel, a first demodulator for detecting information transmitted in the first modulation format, and a second demodulator, responsive to the information detected in the first modulation format, for detecting information transmitted in the second modulation format. A power conservation circuit is also provided for selectively supplying power to the first and second demodulators for enabling the detecting of the information transmitted in the first modulation format and the second modulation format, respectively.
Abstract:
A satellite receiver system (400) provides acquisition and frequency tracking of a Doppler-shifted radio signal received from an orbiting satellite. The satellite receiver system (400) includes a Costas phase-lock loop (100) that receives the radio signal and provides an error signal at an error signal output (134) for controlling a conversion frequency generated by a voltage controlled oscillator (200). The voltage controlled oscillator (200) is coupled to the Costas phase-lock loop (100) and generates the conversion frequency for down-converting the radio signal in the Costas phase-lock loop (100). The satellite receiver system (400) further includes a Doppler frequency acquisition and tracking element (300) coupled to the voltage controlled oscillator (200). The Doppler frequency acquisition and tracking element (300) adjusts the conversion frequency to compensate for a Doppler frequency shift occuring in the radio signal due to orbital motion of the orbiting satellite.
Abstract:
A satellite communication system (100) includes a satellite (102) in a predefined orbit projecting a plurality of beams (1-48) designating a coverage area (115). The satellite (102) has a communication device (200), a frequency synthesizer (222) for setting a frequency of the communication device for communicating via a beam of the plurality of beams (1-48) and a controller (216) coupled to the frequency synthesizer (222) for compensating for a Doppler frequency shift associated with the beam.
Abstract:
A method for time-scale modification of speech using a modified version of the Waveform Similarity based Overlap-Add technique (WSOLA) comprises the steps of storing a portion of an input speech signal in a memory, analysing the portion of the input speech signal providing an estimated pitch value (12), determining a segment size (14) in response to the estimated pitch value and time-scaling (18) the input speech signal for a given time-scaling factor and in response to the determined segment size.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus in a data communication receiver (100) for diversity reception of a radio signal including a predictably repetitive, predetermined data bit pattern (304) comprises a processor (114) controlling (600) an antenna switch (106) to select between a first antenna feed (102) and a second antenna feed (104) as a momentary source of the radio signal during transmissions of the predetermined data bit pattern (304). The radio signal received from the momentary source is monitored by a data receiver (110) during the transmission of the predetermined bit pattern (304) to derive the data therefrom, and at least one bit error count is determined (604, 610) by the processor (114). After completion of the predetermined bit pattern (304), an antenna feed (102, 104) for the radio signal is selected (616, 620) in response to the at least one bit error count.