Abstract: In a synchronization scheme, for example for establishing a channel in a UMTS radio communication system, when a user device (or user equipment, UE) such as a mobile terminal is establishing a channel with a network, the user device transmits signals on the uplink DPCCH, and the power of these signals is ramped up from a calculated initial power level until the transmission is detected by the receiver, i.e. until the receiver has obtained synchronization to the uplink signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multipath propagation delay determining means (STU, FIGS. 6, 7) for determining a power delay spectrum (DPS) of a CDMA signal transmission between a CDMA base station (BS) and a CDMA mobile station (MS) on a plurality of propagation paths (P1, P2) within a cell (CL) of a CDMA communication system, comprising an A/D conversion means (A/D) for converting an analog CDMA multipath signal (S1, S2) received from at least one antenna (Ant1, Ant2) within said cell (CL) into a digital CDMA multipath signal (S1, S2) consisting of consecutive radio frames (RF1 . . . RFn) including consecutive time slots (TS1 . . . TSm) with complex pilot symbols (PSi) and data symbols (Pdi), a demultiplexing means (PI-DEMUX) for extracting complex pilot symbols (PSi) and data symbols (PDi) from at least two consecutive time slots (TSk−1, TSk, TSk+1) of each radio frame (RFn) and for storing them consecutively in a memory means (BUF) thereof; and a searching means (S1 . . .

Abstract: An uplink common physical channel (random access channel) frame structure with a separate preamble and data portion. The preamble is used by a base station to detect that a mobile station is attempting a random access request. The data portion of the channel includes user data, and pilot symbols that provide energy for channel estimation during reception of the data portion. A guard interval is preferably inserted between the preamble and data portion of the frame, which enables data detection to occur during an idle period. As such, the frame structures for both the common physical (random access) uplink channel and dedicated physical (traffic) uplink channel are compatible.

Abstract: A multiple access digital transmission system including a transmitter for transmitting at least one modulated data stream, and at least one receiver for receiving, via a multipath transmission channel, a transmitted signal which includes the modulated data streams. The receiver includes a resolver for resolving at least one path for at least one multipath received modulated data stream and a channel estimator for estimating channel path delays in the received modulated data streams. The receiver includes a generator for generating an interference reduced signal from the received signal, the interference reduced signal being fed to the channel estimator.