Patent References3706933 InventorApplicationNo. 05/473120 filed on 05/24/1974US Classes:375/343Correlative or matched filterExaminersPrimary: Libman, George H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04B 1/69 (20060101)H04J 13/00 (20060101) AbstractDigital data having a rate R and to be transmitted is converted into a K- code, T-seconds long and delayed according to a particular N-bit word, where N=RT, whereby the code carries information in its delayed position in the T frame and not in the code itself. At a receiver station, the correlation function of the received signal is produced and the envelope detected, after which the samples are taken at each of the K possible output times. The largest output selected comprises the information on the delay of the transmitted signal. | |