Title :
Pseudonoise Code Acquisition Using Majority Logic Decoding
Author :
Kilgus, Charles C.
Author_Institution :
Applied Physics Laboratory, the Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, MD, USA
fDate :
6/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper considers the use of majority logic decoding as a pseudonoise code acquisition technique. A bound on the probability of code acquisition is derived and it is shown that the probability of acquiring an 8191 code in one attempt can be made nearly one at -10-dB SNR.
Keywords :
Majority logic decoding; Pseudonoise codes; Decoding; Estimation theory; Frequency synchronization; Instruments; Logic; Performance loss; Probability; Signal to noise ratio; Space vehicles; Statistics;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1973.1091714
