• DocumentCode
    1381496
  • Title

    Mean time to lose lock for a coherent second-order PN-code tracking loop-the singular perturbation approach

  • Author

    Welti, Arnold L. ; Bobrovsky, Ben-Zion

  • Author_Institution
    Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    809
  • Lastpage
    818
  • Abstract
    The singular perturbation method is used to approximate the mean time to lose lock (MTLL) for a second-order coherent pseudonoise code tracking delay-lock loop (DLL). Approximate expressions for the MTLL are given. The influence of loop offset due to the Doppler rate is studied, and optimal loop parameters (natural frequency and damping factor) which maximize the MTLL are presented. Upper bounds to the maximum allowable Doppler rates for various operating conditions are given
  • Keywords
    Doppler effect; perturbation techniques; spread spectrum communication; tracking; Doppler rate; damping factor; loop offset; mean time to lose lock; natural frequency; second-order coherent pseudonoise code; singular perturbation method; spread spectrum systems; tracking delay-lock loop; Additive noise; Damping; Delay effects; Delay estimation; Equations; Gaussian noise; Perturbation methods; Systems engineering and theory; Tracking loops; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/49.56387
  • Filename
    56387