Frequency synchronisation method for a mobile station in a mobile communicationssystem

摘要

A TDMA/CDMA radio communications system provides frequency channels which are formed both by time slots and by broadband frequency ranges, and in which information from a plurality of connections can be simultaneously transmitted between mobile stations and a base station wherein it is possible to distinguish the information from different connections in accordance with a connection-specific fine structure. Frequency channels are repeatedly provided for frequency synchronization of the mobile stations in the downward direction in which a symbol sequence is transmitted. From received signals, the mobile station to be synchronized determines estimated values for the symbol sequence and compares these estimated values with a reference sequence. It is thereby possible to calculate a phase drift in the estimated values with reference to the reference sequence wherein a frequency offset, which is used for frequency synchronization, is determined from the phase drift.