摘要 |
A method of synchronizing an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) IEEE 802.11a data packet at a receiver is disclosed. The 802.11a data packet has a series of short training sequence (STS) symbols as a preamble. Cross-correlation at the receiver of the STS in the 802.11a packet PLCP preamble with the modified reference STS, that is 10 circular shifted by eight samples, results in a main correlation peak but with reduced pre- and post-lobes. To locate the cross-correlation peak, a running second derivative of the cross-correlation function is performed. Peak selection employs a running comparison of the position and magnitude of all peaks in the intermediate neighborhood of the local peaks. Following selection of a peak from within the cross-correlation function of the first STS in the PLOP preamble, both the position and magnitude of the first STS is compared to those of the second STS. Based on the two independent calculations, the start of the OFDM frame is estimated.
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