Rapid sequence acquisition for DS/CDMA systems employing Kasami sequences

Author

Barghouthi, Ramzi T. ; Stüber, Gordon L.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Sci., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

42

Issue

234

fYear

1994

Firstpage

1957

Lastpage

1968

Abstract

A sequence acquisition scheme based on sequential estimation and soft-decision combining methods is proposed and analyzed for direct-sequence CDMA systems employing Kasami sequences. The proposed technique is effective for Kasami (1987) sequences having very long periods. The algebraic properties of Kasami sequences are exploited to provide a very reliable estimate of the correct phase of the local shift register before tracking is attempted. This estimate is obtained by generating and combining multiple statistics for each chip that comprises the initial phase estimate. Expressions are derived for the mean and variance of the acquisition time, and the probabilities of acquisition, false dismissal, and false alarm. The proposed scheme compares well with the performance of alternative parallel acquisition schemes

Keywords

code division multiple access; probability; spread spectrum communication; synchronisation; DS/CDMA systems; Kasami sequences; acquisition probability; acquisition time; algebraic properties; direct-sequence CDMA systems; false alarm probability; false dismissal probability; local shift register; mean; multiple statistics; phase estimate; sequence acquisition; sequential estimation; soft-decision combining; variance; Correlators; Multiaccess communication; Phase estimation; Polynomials; Probability; Shift registers; Signal generators; Spread spectrum communication; Statistics; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.1994.583410

Filename

583410