Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment the transmitter includes a synchronization unit configured to provide a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal having first and second segments. The transmitter also includes a secondary scrambling unit configured to provide a scrambled secondary synchronization signal wherein scrambling agents for the first and second segments are derived from a primary synchronization sequence of the primary synchronization signal. The secondary scrambling unit is further configured to provide an additional scrambling of one of the first and second segments wherein a second scrambling agent is derived from the remaining segment of a secondary synchronization sequence of the secondary synchronization signal. The transmitter further includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the primary synchronization signal and the scrambled secondary synchronization signal.
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1. A receiver, comprising:
a receive unit configured to receive a primary synchronization signal and a scrambled secondary synchronization signal having at least two segments;
a synchronization unit configured to detect the primary synchronization signal, the synchronization unit further configured to detect the scrambled secondary synchronization signal wherein the scrambling of the scrambled secondary synchronization signal is derived from a primary synchronization sequence of the primary synchronization signal, the receiver further configured to use the scrambled secondary synchronization signal to connect to a cellular network and to prepare for handover to a neighboring cell of the cellular network.
2. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the primary synchronization sequence is a length-31 sequence.
3. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the primary synchronization sequence is derived from an M-sequence.
4. The receiver as recited in claim 1 further configured to detect the scrambled secondary synchronization signal having an additional scrambling of one of the at least two segments, wherein a second scrambling agent is derived from a remaining segment of a secondary synchronization sequence of a secondary synchronization signal.
5. The receiver as recited in claim 4 wherein the second scrambling agent is a first segment employed in a first subframe of a transmit radio frame having 10 subframes.
6. The receiver as recited in claim 4 wherein the second scrambling agent is a second segment employed in a sixth subframe of a transmit radio frame having 10 subframes.
7. The receiver as recited in claim 4 wherein the second scrambling agent corresponds to one of a number of groups in the remaining segment.
8. The receiver as recited in claim 7 wherein the number of groups is eight.
9. The receiver as recited in claim 4 wherein the scrambled secondary synchronization signal provides even and odd sequences that are interleaved.
10. The receiver as recited in claim 9 wherein the even and odd sequences are each length-31 sequences.
11. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the receiver is configured to determine a partial cell identity corresponding to the primary synchronization signal.
12. The receiver as recited in claim 11 wherein the partial cell identity distinguishes between 3 cells within a group of cell identities.
13. The receiver as recited in claim 12 wherein there are three cell ID hypotheses carried in the primary synchronization signal.
14. The receiver as recited in claim 13 wherein there are three cell ID hypotheses carried in the primary synchronization signal and 168 cell ID groups are provided.
15. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein there are two secondary synchronization symbols per radio frame.
16. The receiver as recited in claim 15 wherein one of the synchronization symbols is in the first subframe of the radio frame and the other synchronization symbol is in the sixth subframe of the radio frame.
17. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the receiver is configured to determine a cell ID group corresponding to the scrambled secondary synchronization signal.
18. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the receiver is configured to determine a partial cell identity corresponding to the primary synchronization signal and a cell ID group corresponding to the scrambled secondary synchronization signal.
19. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the scrambled secondary synchronization signal carries cell-specific information.
20. The receiver as recited in claim 19 wherein the cell-specific information is carried in one secondary synchronization signal symbol.
21. The receiver as recited in claim 20 wherein the scrambled secondary synchronization signal is detected coherently or non-coherently.
22. The receiver as recited in claim 21 wherein coherent detection is enabled by using the primary synchronization signal as a phase reference and non-coherent detection is enabled without a phase reference.
23. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the primary synchronization signal occupies a center 63 sub-carriers.
24. The receiver as recited in claim 23 wherein the center 63 sub-carriers comprises a DC sub-carrier and 31 sub-carriers to both the left and rights of the DC sub-carrier.
25. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein the receiver is configured to function in a cellular network comprising a cellular grid having a centric cell and at least six surrounding first-tier cells.
26. The receiver as recited in claim 1 wherein one of the at least two segments is an even segment and the other of the at least two segments is an odd segment.
27. A method of operating a receiver, comprising:
receiving a primary synchronization signal and a scrambled secondary synchronization signal having at least two segments;
detecting the primary synchronization signal; and
detecting the scrambled secondary synchronization signal wherein the scrambling of the scrambled secondary synchronization signal is derived from a primary synchronization sequence of the primary synchronization signal.
28. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein the primary synchronization sequence is a length-31 sequence.
29. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein the primary synchronization sequence is derived from an M-sequence.
30. The method as recited in claim 27 further detecting the scrambled secondary synchronization signal having an additional scrambling of one of the at least two segments, wherein a second scrambling is derived from a remaining segment of a secondary synchronization sequence of a secondary synchronization signal.
31. The method as recited in claim 30 wherein the second scrambling occurs is a first segment employed in a first subframe of a transmit radio frame having 10 subframes.
32. The method as recited in claim 30 wherein the second scrambling occurs in a second segment employed in a sixth subframe of a transmit radio frame having 10 subframes.
33. The method as recited in claim 30 wherein the second scrambling occurs in one of a number of groups in the remaining segment.
34. The method as recited in claim 33 wherein the number of groups is eight.
35. The method as recited in claim 30 wherein the scrambled secondary synchronization signal provides even and odd sequences that are interleaved.
36. The method as recited in claim 35 wherein the even and odd sequences are each length-31 sequences.
37. The method as recited in claim 27 further including the step of determining a partial cell identity corresponding to the primary synchronization signal.
38. The method as recited in claim 37 wherein the partial cell identity distinguishes between 3 cells within a group of cell identities.
39. The method as recited in claim 38 wherein there are three cell ID hypotheses carried in the primary synchronization signal.
40. The method as recited in claim 38 wherein there are three cell ID hypotheses carried in the primary synchronization signal and 168 cell ID groups are provided.
41. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein there are two secondary synchronization symbols per radio frame.
42. The method as recited in claim 41 wherein one of the synchronization symbols is in the first subframe of the radio frame and the other synchronization symbol is in the sixth subframe of the radio frame.
43. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein the receiver is configured to determine a cell ID group corresponding to the scrambled secondary synchronization signal.
44. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein the receiver is configured to determine a partial cell identity corresponding to the primary synchronization signal and a cell ID group corresponding to the scrambled secondary synchronization signal.
45. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein the scrambled secondary synchronization signal carries cell-specific information.
46. The method as recited in claim 45 wherein the cell-specific information is carried in one secondary synchronization signal symbol.
47. The method as recited in claim 46 wherein the secondary synchronization signal is detected coherently or non-coherently.
48. The method as recited in claim 47 wherein coherent detection is enabled by using the primary synchronization signal as a phase reference and non-coherent detection is enabled without a phase reference.
49. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein the primary synchronization signal occupies a center 63 sub-carriers.
50. The method as recited in claim 49 wherein the center 63 sub-carriers comprises a DC sub-carrier and 31 sub-carriers to both the left and rights of the DC sub-carrier.
51. The method as recited in claim 27 wherein the receiver is configured to function in a cellular network comprising a cellular grid having a centric cell and at least six surrounding first-tier cells.
52. The receiver as recited in claim 27 wherein one of the at least two segments is an even segment and the other of the at least two segments is an odd segment.
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