METHOD OF MEASURING FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE, AND RECEIVER

摘要

The invention relates to a method of measuring a frequency difference and to a receiver operating according to the method. In the method, the frequency difference (220) between the tuning frequency of the local oscillator of the receiver and the carrier of a received signal is determined. The determination of the frequency difference (220) is based on the measurement of the phase deviation of a transmitted signal and the spreading code used by the receiver. The phase deviation is measured by comparing estimated impulse responses (200) with one another at different points of time, which is preferably carried out by forming a correlation between the impulse responses (200) estimated in means (160). In another embodiment, the phase deviation is measured directly from the signal at no less than two different points of time. If the phase deviation changes from one point of time to another, the tuning frequency is adjusted.