IRE Transactions on Communications Systems · 1977 · 100 citations · 5 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAlgorithmsDigital CommunicationInformation TheoryClock SynchronizationDigital Signal ProcessingTime SynchronizationTiming AnalysisCode AcquisitionPseudorandom Noise CodesSignal-to-noise RatioSynchronizationSynchronization Algorithms
The problem of acquiring and maintaining synchronization of a pseudonoise code, particularly at low signal-to-noise ratios, is analyzed to determine the mean time to acquisition and the mean time to lose lock. An analysis procedure is developed which explicitly considers the search/lock strategy and the transition from search to lock. A practical example is included to demonstrate the technique.
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