Abstract: In a method for producing a channel-coded and subscriber-coded message signal, a coding device receives a message signal represented by a sequence of data symbols. The message signal is channel-coded using a channel code and is subscriber-coded using a specific subscriber code selected from a number of available subscriber codes. The specific subscriber code is selected from the subscriber codes available in a memory ME taking account of the error protection level of the channel-coded and subscriber-coded message signal to be transmitted, that is, such that an overall code formed from the channel code and the selected, specific subscriber code has a maximum Hamming distance.

Abstract: Mobile radio receivers in a mobile radio system are synchronized. A first synchronization channel is provided, which has a first frequency and via which a code which is known to all the mobile radio receivers and to all the base stations of the mobile radio system is transmitted with a signal. The transmission from a base station to a mobile radio receiver delays the signal by an unknown time period and the first frequency is displaced by the transmission to a second frequency. The method includes a correlation and sampling of the received signal, digital filtering of the correlated and sampled signal, squaring of the filtered signal, determination of the maximum signal level of the squared signal, estimation of the unknown time period with the maximum signal level, despreading of the received signal with the known code, taking into account the just-estimated time period, and fine-tuning of the second frequency to the first frequency.

Abstract: A device for the bidirectional transfer of data between two processors contains input and output control information memories for storing an item of binary control information for input and output memories. The memories can be accessed by the second processor and, via a DMA channel, by the first processor. The access operations of both processors to these memories are coordinated on the basis of the content of the input and output control information memories.

Abstract: A method for estimating channel parameters of radio channels of a W-CDMA mobile radio system, for example in accordance with the UMTS standard includes transmitting sequences of known symbols between unknown data symbols by a base station. The channel estimation is carried out by a comparison of the received sequences with the known symbols, and the result of the comparison is integrated over a sequence of known symbols.

Abstract: An apparatus for finely synchronizing code signals with an encoded received signal includes a sampling device for sampling the received signal at regular sampling intervals, a pulse shaper for shaping the sampled received signal pulses in order to output a first and second pulse-shaped sample in dependence on an autocorrelation function, a buffer for buffering the two samples, a code signal generator for generating the code signal, correlation devices for correlating the generated code with the two buffered samples to form two correlation values, and an interpolation device for forming an interpolation value as a function of the two pulse-shaped samples and the deviation between the two correlation values.

Abstract: CDMA Receiver. According to one embodiment, a CDMA receiver is provided for receiving a CDMA signal in a multi-subscriber environment. The multi-subscriber environment can include a receiving device for receiving the CDMA signal. Further, the environment can include a Rake receiving circuit for detection of signal components of the CDMA signal which are transmitted via the various signal paths. The environment can also include a channel estimation circuit for estimating channel coefficients of a transmission channel coefficient h of a transmission channel H by means of a predetermined reference data sequence contained in the received CDMA signal. A weighting coefficient calculation device can calculate weighting coefficients for the various signal components of the CDMA signal. Further, the environment can include a weighting circuit for weighting the signal components with the calculaed weighting coefficients. A combiner can combine the weighted signal components to form an estimated received data signal.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing a mobile radio receiver with a frame structure of a radio signal received from a specific base station assumes that each base station transmits a predefined, individual sequence of frame synchronization codes for each frame. The synchronization codes are detected and decoded in the mobile radio receiver and a characteristic code parameter is allocated to them. The sequence transmitted by the specific base station is identified on the basis of the code parameters and the start and end times of the sequence are defined. The mobile radio receiver is frame-synchronized with these times.

Abstract: To achieve an improved disparate error protection in the transmission of coded symbols of an information stream, the information stream is supplied to a multiplicity of coding branches for coding, and is supplied in parallel, to a puncturing and multiplexing unit. Symbols of different quality classes are fed into each coding branch using a demultiplexer. An interleaver follows at least one demultiplexer for generating error protection for the filtered symbols. The symbols, which may possibly be interleaved, are coded in each coding branch and are supplied to the puncturing and multiplexing unit. The puncturing and multiplexing unit sets a predetermined coding rate.

Abstract: A turbo decoder for decoding a data signal transmitted via a disturbed channel has a symbol estimator. The symbol estimator contains a computing device, which, with knowledge of the error protection code used at the transmitter end, calculates transition metric values, forward and reverse recursion metric values and the output values (LLR). The computing device includes at least one hardware computing chip constructed of combinatorial logic for generating at least one type of the values.

Abstract: The method and device enable determining the carrier frequency of base stations in the mobile receiver of a cellular mobile radio system working with W-CDMA. The carrier frequency of the primary synchronization channel of the strongest received base station is first searched for by carrying out a non-coherent correlation of the received signal with the primary synchronization code over a very large number of code elements of the signal.

Abstract: A transceiver configuration has an integrated circuit (IC) with an A/D and/or D/A converter, a VCO with a reference oscillator, which provides a sampling clock for the A/D and/or D/A converter, and a digital data processing circuit. The IC is connected to a radio-frequency section, the frequency converter stage of which is operated with a beat frequency derived from the controllable oscillator frequency foz. A capacitive resonant element of the reference oscillator is disposed outside of the IC.

Abstract: The invention relates to a CDMA receiver for receiving, in a multiple subscriber environment, a CDMA signal transmitted with a chip rate by a transmitter via different signal paths of a physical transmission channel.

Abstract: A method is described for estimating channel impulse responses of a mobile radio channel with a broad bandwidth by a code division multiplexing method, and with a synchronization channel continuously transmitting sequences to mobile radio receivers. The sequences are provided for synchronization of each mobile radio receiver and are known to each of the mobile radio receivers. The transmitted sequences have pilot symbols for identifying the synchronization channel, and the pilot symbols are transmitted at points that are known to the receivers within a time slot. When searching for and identifying the synchronization channel, the pilot symbols and, possibly, further symbols and sequences which are known in the receivers, are evaluated to estimate the delay times and the complex amplitudes, of the mobile radio channel responses.

Abstract: A circuit configuration has a radio-frequency section with a receiving mixing stage, and has a signal processing circuit with an A/D converter, a digital filter and a frequency estimator. The frequency estimator continuously determines a first frequency correction control signal, which is representative of a frequency offset between the frequency of an IF received signal and a frequency which is characteristic of a pass band of the filter. The first frequency correction control signal is used for readjustment of the mixing frequency.

Abstract: A method for estimating a channel impulse response of a mobile radio channel is described. The mobile radio channel is accessed over a wide bandwidth by a code division multiplex method. A second mobile radio channel continuously transmits sequences to a multiplicity of mobile radio receivers, and the sequences are known to each of the multiplicity of mobile radio receivers. The delay parameters of the mobile radio channel are estimated using the sequences transmitted via the second mobile radio channel. The mobile radio receiver is adjusted in accordance with the delay parameters estimated and weighting factors of the mobile radio channel are determined.

Abstract: A method and device for decoding a sequence of physical signals. A Viterbi algorithm is carried out a first time for all physical signals, resulting in a maximum likelihood path, wherein there is one signal value for each physical signal and which has been determined along the entire trellis according to the Viterbi algorithm. A reliability value is determined for each signal value of the maximum likelihood path.

Abstract: A circuit configuration for a multistandard communications terminal has, for the reception of radio signals, a radio frequency component with a receive conversion stage and a signal-processing circuit connected downstream of the radio frequency component. The signal-processing circuit has an A/D converter and a digital filter. The pass-band of the digital filter is variable. In operation, the pass-band is set according to a selected system standard of the received radio signals.

Abstract: In a method for deinterleaving a data signal interleaved in blocks in accordance with a prescribed interleaving specification, deinterleaving target addresses are calculated for a first prescribed segment of the data symbols to be deinterleaved, and are stored in a target address memory. The relevant segment of the data symbols is then deinterleaved by using the calculated target addresses. Subsequently, these two steps are repeated until the entire data block has been segmentally deinterleaved.

Abstract: A device for carrying out search procedures includes a memory for storing a digital received data sequence, and a memory storing a predetermined correlation data sequence. A correlation device has a first section, in which sequence elements of the received data sequence are correlated with sequence elements of the correlation data sequence. A variable number K of sequence element correlation results are summed in the second section, in order to form an accumulated correlation result.

Abstract: A code word generator for OVSF codes, comprising an intermediate memory device (16) which is used to input a calculation index as a binary calculation index data word, a calculation device (17) which permutes the significant data bits of the calculation index data word bit-by-bit so that a calculation basis (B) can be generated, a counter (21) for producing a counting variable (Z) and provided with a logic circuit comprising several AND gates for bit-by-bit linkage of the counting variables (Z) generated with the calculation basis (B) in order to form a linking data word and several XOR gates for logical reduction of the linking data word to form code word data bits of the OVSF code word.