WO2001052412A1 - Recepteurs radio - Google Patents

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WO2001052412A1
WO2001052412A1 PCT/GB2001/000122 GB0100122W WO0152412A1 WO 2001052412 A1 WO2001052412 A1 WO 2001052412A1 GB 0100122 W GB0100122 W GB 0100122W WO 0152412 A1 WO0152412 A1 WO 0152412A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
    • H03J7/00—Automatic frequency control; Automatic scanning over a band of frequencies
    • H03J7/02—Automatic frequency control
    • H03J7/04—Automatic frequency control where the frequency control is accomplished by varying the electrical characteristics of a non-mechanically adjustable element or where the nature of the frequency controlling element is not significant

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  • the present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for tuning a radio receiver to the frequency of a received radio signal and in particular to a method of and an apparatus for tuning a mobile radio unit of a mobile radio communications system to the frequency of a received radio signal.
  • radio receivers include a local frequency reference oscillator that they use as a frequency reference for synthesising their operating frequency, such as the local oscillator frequency, that is to be used (e.g. combined with) the received signal to allow the received signal to be properly processed in the receiver.
  • the local frequency reference will typically run at a frequency which is less than the operating frequency which is derived from it; for example, in mobile radio communications systems, the local frequency reference will typically be running at a frequency which is much lower than, e.g. l/10th of, the synthesised operating frequency) .
  • a radio receiver's operating frequency e.g. local oscillator frequency
  • a radio receiver In many radio systems, it is also a requirement for a radio receiver to transmit at an accurately aligned frequency.
  • a mobile radio unit In the TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio) mobile radio system, a mobile radio unit is required to have its frequency of transmission closely aligned in terms of accuracy to the frequency of the signal it is receiving from its serving radio station (e.g., base station, or, where the mobile radio unit is operating in direct mode (i.e. independently of a fixed radio network) , direct mode master mobile station, or direct mode repeater or gateway) , before it is permitted to transmit.
  • the transmission frequency will be referenced from the mobile unit's local frequency reference .
  • the local frequency reference will have a fixed frequency and the operating frequency will be derived by synthesising a frequency that is some multiple of the local frequency reference's frequency directly from the local frequency reference, e.g. by using a phase locked loop of some sort. In this case the operating frequency of the receiver will simply be set to be some multiple of the local frequency reference .
  • a method of operating a radio receiver or transmitter having a local frequency reference whose frequency can be altered, and a closed loop control system for tuning the operating frequency of the receiver or transmitter using the frequency of the local frequency reference comprising: using the closed loop control system to alter the frequency of the local frequency reference based on the frequency of a received radio signal to tune the operating frequency of the receiver or transmitter.
  • a radio receiver or transmitter comprising: a local frequency reference whose frequency can be altered; means for assessing the frequency of a received radio signal; and a closed loop control system for tuning the operating frequency of the receiver or transmitter using the frequency of the local frequency reference and arranged to alter the frequency of the local frequency reference based on the frequency of a received radio signal to tune the operating frequency of the receiver or transmitter.
  • the operating frequency (local oscillator frequency) of the radio receiver or transmitter is based, inter alia, on the frequency of a received radio signal, rather than simply on an assumed to be accurate local frequency reference.
  • This has the advantage that the received signal is likely to be coming from a more stable and accurate source such as a base station and can therefore provide a more accurate base for the operating frequency than a stand-alone local frequency reference.
  • the local frequency reference itself is adjusted to vary the operating (local oscillator) frequency based on the received radio signal .
  • This has the advantage that the control process effectively causes the local frequency reference of the radio receiver or transmitter to be aligned with the current received signal source (e.g. base station) .
  • the radio receiver/transmitter should be able to transmit to and receive from that signal source without further significant adjustment once "tuned", since its local frequency reference should be aligned to the frequency reference of the signal source, such that even if the signal source's frequency reference is in error, the local frequency reference of the radio receiver or transmitter automatically takes account of that error (this could not happen where the local frequency reference is a stand-alone signal source) .
  • the radio receiver's operating, local oscillator, frequency is tuned to set it appropriately relative to the frequency of the received signal. This can be done as desired, for example, by assessing the frequency of the received signal, estimating the error between the current local oscillator frequency and the desired local oscillator frequency for the estimated frequency of the received signal, and altering the radio unit's local frequency reference so as to alter the local oscillator frequency on the basis of the estimated error to try to set the local oscillator frequency more suitably for the received signal's estimated frequency.
  • This tuning process is carried out as a closed loop control process.
  • the control loop preferably, as is known in the art, includes a loop filter to help control the performance of the closed loop system.
  • the loop filter affects the stability of the control loop, the extent to which errors in the tuning process may be introduced by noise, interference, and Doppler spreads , the extent to which errors in the received signal frequency assessment measurement affect the final accuracy, and the settling time of the loop (i.e. how long it takes the loop to- settle (in the case of the present invention) the local frequency reference at a new, changed, frequency value, in response to a change in the received signal ' s frequency) , etc .
  • the loop filter is also normally used to set the dominant pole for the control loop and thus determines how rapidly the local frequency reference can change and what the final accuracy will be.
  • the closed loop frequency control system In radio receivers it is essential for the closed loop frequency control system to be stable (i.e. to settle to a final value, or to track the input stimulus in a predictable way) , and desirable to minimise errors due to noise, interference, etc. Furthermore, for digital radio receivers where block processing is generally employed over any particular received timeslot in time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, it is also desirable to avoid rapid or large changes in the receiver's local oscillator frequency during a received timeslot. This is so as to reduce degradation of the radio receiver's performance by these factors. These requirements can usually be achieved by setting a relatively slow response characteristic in the loop filter.
  • TDMA time division multiple access
  • the radio receiver's local oscillator frequency is tuned to the correct frequency at the permitted accuracy as rapidly as possible, i.e. for the system to have a fast settling time. This is particularly important where such frequency alignment is required before the radio can transmit, as more rapid frequency alignment permits the user to begin transmitting (e.g. making calls) earlier.
  • the settling time of the system is determined, inter alia, by the loop filter, and thus a faster settling time can be achieved by setting the loop filter to have a faster response characteristic.
  • using a faster response time filter will result in a less accurate system.
  • the number of signal bursts received by a mobile station can vary between 72 bursts per multiframe epoch (approximately one second) and only one burst every four multiframes, a ratio of 288:1. This makes it even harder to select a suitable characteristic for the loop filter, since the sample rate is effectively variable.
  • the characteristic of the loop filter is varied during the processing of the signal from the signal source to provide the closed loop control of the local frequency reference by arranging the loop filter to have a particular filter characteristic when a radio signal from a given source is first received, thereafter during the signal reception changing the characteristic of the loop filter after each of N successive samples taken of the received radio signal, where N is an integer greater than zero, and fixing the characteristic of the loop filter for the remainder of the reception from the signal source once the N signal samples have been taken.
  • the loop filter's characteristic is varied, by changing it after selected samples of the received radio signal, when the radio signal is initially received until a certain number of signal samples have been taken, at which point the loop filter's characteristic is fixed.
  • the filter's characteristic is continually varied when a given signal is initially received and then fixed for the remainder of the reception.
  • a method of operating a radio unit having a local frequency reference and a closed loop control system having a loop filter for tuning the radio unit's operating frequency to a received radio signal comprising: when using the closed loop control system to tune the radio receiver's operating frequency to a received signal, varying the characteristic of the loop filter during the processing of the signal from the signal source to provide the closed loop control of the operating frequency, wherein the varying of the loop filter's characteristic comprises: arranging the loop filter to have a particular filter characteristic when a radio signal from a given source is first received; thereafter during the signal reception changing the characteristic of the loop filter after each of N successive samples taken of the received radio signal, where N is an integer greater than zero; and fixing the characteristic of the loop filter for the remainder of the reception from the signal source once the N signal samples have been taken.
  • a radio unit comprising: a local frequency reference; a closed loop control system including a loop filter for tuning the operating frequency of the radio unit to a received radio signal; means for varying the characteristic of the loop filter during the processing of a signal from a given signal source to provide the closed loop control of the operating frequency, the varying means comprising: means for arranging the loop filter to have a particular filter characteristic when a radio signal from a given source is first received; means for, thereafter during the signal reception, changing the characteristic of the loop filter after each of N successive samples taken of the received radio signal, where N is an integer greater than zero; and means for fixing the characteristic of the loop filter for the remainder of the reception from the signal source once the N signal samples have been taken.
  • the operating frequency is again preferably tuned by altering the local frequency reference of the radio unit based on the received frequency using the closed loop control system.
  • the initial characteristic that the loop filter is arranged to have is preferably predetermined, e.g. based on prior knowledge of the control loop's characteristics.
  • the way that the loop filter's characteristic is varied thereafter over the N signal samples can be selected as desired.
  • the variation effected is preferably based on the known characteristics of the closed loop control system and the expected use conditions and desired operation of the system.
  • the Applicants have recognised that in many radio systems, including the TETRA system, the radio receiver will be trying to gain alignment to a relatively very stable frequency reference (e.g. a base station) , and once it has been able to remove the initial frequency error, it only needs to track relatively very slowly changing and small errors caused by noise, Doppler shifts, or reference drift. Thus there will be an initial settling period where a rapid response time is desirable, but thereafter accuracy will be the only real concern.
  • a relatively very stable frequency reference e.g. a base station
  • the loop filter is arranged to provide a relatively rapid response time to a given input change for the closed loop system when the signal is first received and for the first few signal samples thereafter, but thereafter the filter's characteristic is changed so as to increase progressively the system's response time as the number of samples increases.
  • the filter's characteristics are changed such that the system's response time always increases with each filter characteristic change.
  • the changes made to the filter's characteristic thus preferably depend upon the number of the signal sample from the start of the reception.
  • a filter characteristic is predetermined for each sample number, e.g. on the basis of the known characteristics of the control loop and the desired operation of the loop (e.g. a progressively increasing response time) .
  • the characteristic to use could be predetermined for each sample number and then stored, e.g., in a look-up table, for use by the radio receiver.
  • the characteristic for subsequent samples could be derived in a predetermined manner from the (e.g. predetermined) characteristic to which the filter is initially set. Preferably such derivation is dependent upon the sample number, for example by being proportional to n times or l/n times the initial characteristic, where n is the sample number.
  • the characteristic which the filter is arranged to have could additionally or alternatively depend or be based on a parameter determined in relation to the received signal, such as the target settling frequency for the local frequency reference or the frequency error or offset indicated by a sample of the received signal .
  • a parameter determined in relation to the received signal such as the target settling frequency for the local frequency reference or the frequency error or offset indicated by a sample of the received signal .
  • This may provide a more accurate system, but it requires greater processing power and the Applicants have found that it is not necessary to use measured sample values to provide a suitable filter characteristic varying operation.
  • the new filter characteristic could be based on the current signal sample alone. However, it is preferably based on one or more, and most preferably all, of the preceding signal samples as well.
  • the weighted average of all the received signal frequency estimates for each signal sample up to and including the current signal sample could be taken, and that average used to estimate the target settling frequency and thus to select the new filter characteristic.
  • the estimated frequency of the first signal sample would be used to set the filter characteristic after receipt of the first signal sample
  • the weighted average of the estimated frequencies of the first and second signal samples would be used to set the filter characteristic after receipt of the second signal sample
  • the weighted average of the estimated frequencies of the first, second and third signal samples would be used to set the filter characteristic after receipt of the third signal sample, and so on, until the Nth signal sample, whereafter the filter characteristic is fixed.
  • the filter characteristic set after the N signal samples have been taken can also be selected as desired. It is preferably selected so as to cause the loop filter to effectively provide a relatively long-term sliding average of the estimated frequency error over a relatively large number of signal samples (e.g. 64 or the value of N) , i.e. a relatively slow response time, in order to provide good rejection to noise, interference, errors in the frequency assessment and Doppler spreads, whilst still being able to track relatively low drift rates in the received signal ' s frequency.
  • This characteristic setting is preferably predetermined, e.g. on the basis of the known control loop characteristics .
  • the loop filter's characteristic is varied so as to provide a more rapid settling time for the initial signal samples, but the characteristic set after N signal samples have been taken (i.e. that the loop filter is then fixed at for the remainder of the reception) is chosen so as to try to provide greater accuracy.
  • the filter's characteristic is set so as to provide a more rapid settling time to the estimated target settling frequency for the first signal sample, to progressively increase the settling time over the next N signal samples, and thereafter set to provide a longer-term moving average of the received signal's estimated frequency.
  • a method of operating a radio unit having a local frequency reference and a closed loop control system having a loop filter for tuning the receiver's operating frequency to a received radio signal comprising: when using the closed loop control system to tune the radio receiver's operating frequency to a received signal , when a radio signal from a given source is first received, setting the loop filter's response characteristic so as to provide a first, more rapid, settling time characteristic for the closed loop control system; changing the response characteristic of the loop filter so as to progressively increase the settling time of the system as the signal reception continues, until a predetermined number of signal samples have been received; and, thereafter, fixing the response characteristic of the loop filter at a setting that provides a longer settling time for the control loop.
  • a radio unit comprising: a local frequency reference; a closed loop control system including a loop filter for tuning the operating frequency to a received radio signal; means for, when using the closed loop control system to tune the radio receiver's operating frequency reference to a received signal, when a radio signal from a given source is first received, setting the loop filter's response characteristic so as to provide a first, more rapid, settling time characteristic for the closed loop control system; means for changing the response characteristic of the loop filter so as to progressively increase the settling time of the system as the signal reception continues, until a predetermined number of signal samples have been received; and means for, thereafter, fixing the response characteristic of the loop filter at a setting that provides a longer settling time for the control loop.
  • the loop filter's characteristic is preferably varied as discussed above, e.g., in a predetermined manner on the basis of the current number of the particular signal sample from the start of the reception process, and a priori information about the open-loop characteristic of the frequency control system.
  • the operating frequency is again preferably tuned by altering the local frequency reference of the radio unit based on the received frequency using the closed loop control system.
  • the number of signal samples, N, up to which the loop filter's characteristic is varied can be selected as desired.
  • the value of N is preferably predetermined and preferably greater than one and most preferably greater than 32.
  • a suitable value of N has been found to be 64 or 128.
  • the signal samples after which the filter's characteristic is changed can be selected as desired. They are preferably signal samples of a selected type.
  • the received radio signal is received in discrete portions at intervals, e.g. it is a signal that is received in discrete time slots, e.g. selected, spaced, timeslots, such as a signal in a time division multiple access (TDMA) radio system
  • the selected signal samples could each comprise a single signal portion, e.g. a single timeslot, reception. In such an arrangement, they more preferably comprise each and every received signal portion (e.g. timeslot), i.e.
  • the loop filter's characteristic is changed after the first and every subsequent signal portion (timeslot) reception for the signal until N signal portions (timeslots) have been received, whereafter the filter's characteristic is fixed.
  • the signal samples after which the filter's characteristic is changed comprise only signal portions (e.g. timeslots) which are determined to have been "well-received” . The updating process will then continue until N "well received” signal portions have been received. Only using “well-received” signal samples can help to prevent, for example, signal receptions which are excessively noisy, have too much interference or too large an amount of fading, from degrading the performance of the control loop.
  • the second signal burst (timeslot) from a new call i.e. a new signal source
  • a new call i.e. a new signal source
  • this burst were to be included in the setting of the output of the control loop, then the result is likely to be worse than just using the good (first) burst alone.
  • the selected signal samples that the filter's characteristic changes are based on and made after similarly preferably comprise only "well-received" signal portions, for the same reason.
  • the decision as to whether a signal portion (e.g. timeslot) has been "well-received” can be made as desired.
  • a signal portion is determined to be “well-received” if its estimated signal quality equals or exceeds a given, preferably predetermined, threshold value.
  • a measure of the received signal's quality is used to assess whether it has been "well-received”.
  • a parameter representative of the quality of the received signal portion could be estimated and if that parameter equals or exceeds a predetermined quality threshold level, the signal sample considered to be "well-received".
  • Any suitable signal quality parameter such as the received signal strength could be used.
  • the correlation of particular signal sequences, e.g. training sequences, in the received signal portion with reference signal sequences is used as the measure of signal quality.
  • Other signal quality indicators such as the variation of sampled parameter values for the received signal portion could be used as well or instead, if desired.
  • the characteristic of the loop filter should be set and changed in a manner appropriate to the filter in question.
  • the filter's characteristic is preferably changed and/or fixed by setting or updating its co-efficients to particular values, e.g. by deriving new or additional co-efficients based on the sample number .
  • the radio unit ' s closed loop control system should operate in the normal manner, subject to the changing- characteristic of the loop filter during reception of the signal. Thus it will, for example, sample the received signal and use the signal samples to estimate the frequency error or offset between the radio receiver's current operating frequency and the operating frequency necessary to process the received signal and derive a correction (using e.g. past and present frequency error estimates) to be applied to the local frequency reference to tune to the received signal.
  • the signal samples used to provide control of the operating frequency and/or of the local frequency reference can be selected as desired. They could be the same signal samples as those samples after which the filter's characteristic is changed, but this is not necessary and any signal sample can be used to provide a frequency error estimate as an input to the control loop.
  • the signal samples used to provide control of the operating frequency and/or of the local frequency reference comprise only signal portions (e.g. timeslots) which are determined to have been "well-received", for the same reasons that the signal samples after which the filter's characteristic is updated are preferably only "well- received" signal portions (i.e. to, for example, help to prevent signal receptions which are excessively noisy, have too much interference or too large an amount of fading, from degrading the settling performance of the control loop) .
  • the decision as to whether a signal portion (e.g. timeslot) has been "well-received” can be made as discussed above.
  • the present invention in its preferred embodiments at least, effectively uses a relatively short response time characteristic loop filter during the initial signal reception phase.
  • the control loop could try to apply a relatively large frequency correction to the radio unit ' s local frequency reference (depending on the frequency error) during this initial phase.
  • any derived frequency correction is applied when there is a gap in the signal reception. This is to reduce the possibility of relatively rapid changes in the radio receiver's local frequency reference's frequency being attempted during a period of continuous reception, as such rapid changes could adversely affect the processing of the received signal.
  • the radio receiver is receiving a continuous signal that does not have any gaps in it, for example in a trunked mode mobile radio system when a mobile radio unit is ⁇ ⁇ t to I- 1 H in o in o in O in
  • the assessment of whether the frequencies are aligned is based on the correction to be applied to the local frequency reference by the closed loop control system.
  • a predetermined value which could, for example, be the maximum tolerance or error in the radio unit ' s frequency that it is permitted to transmit at
  • the frequency of the radio unit is sufficiently aligned for it to transmit . It is believed that this method of assessing whether the frequencies are aligned is new and advantageous in its own right.
  • a method of operating a radio transceiver having a local frequency reference and a closed loop control system for tuning the transceiver's local frequency reference to a received radio signal comprising: when a radio signal is first received, using the closed loop control system to tune the radio transceiver's local frequency reference to the received signal; and assessing whether the local frequency reference of the radio transceiver is sufficiently closely aligned to the received radio signal to allow the transceiver to transmit by comparing the correction currently to be applied to the local frequency reference by the closed loop control system to a predetermined threshold correction value.
  • a radio transceiver comprising: a local frequency reference ; a closed loop control system for tuning the transceiver's local frequency reference to a received radio signal; and means for assessing whether the local frequency reference of the radio transceiver is sufficiently closely aligned to the received radio signal to allow the transceiver to transmit by comparing the correction currently to be applied to the local frequency reference by the closed loop control system to a predetermined threshold correction value.
  • the method of the present invention could be used to tune the local frequency reference of the radio receiver to a signal source whenever the radio switches to a new signal source on a different frequency.
  • the radio receiver is returning to a signal source to which it has relatively recently tuned its local frequency reference and derived a settled (tuned) frequency offset which had to be applied to the radio's local frequency reference to bring it into alignment with that signal source, and it is known that that source will have a relatively high frequency stability over time (such as might be the case for a mobile radio system base station) , the already derived frequency offset for that transmitter may still be valid, at least for a limited period of time.
  • the radio receiver stores the frequency offset derived for a particular signal source, and uses the stored frequency offset to tune to that particular signal source, if it returns to that signal source within a predetermined time period (which time period should be based on the estimated period of validity of the stored frequency offset) .
  • a method of operating a radio receiver having a local frequency reference comprising: storing the derived settled frequency offset which had to be applied to the receiver's local frequency reference to bring it into alignment with a given signal source, once the receiver's local frequency reference is satisfactorily tuned to that signal source; and, when the radio receiver returns to a signal source for which it has a stored settled frequency offset within a predetermined period of time since the stored frequency offset was derived, reapplying that stored frequency offset to its local frequency reference, rather than deriving a new frequency offset for that frequency reference .
  • a radio receiver comprising: a local frequency reference ; means for storing the derived settled frequency offset which had to be applied to the receiver's local frequency reference to bring it into alignment with a given signal source, once the receiver's local frequency reference is satisfactorily tuned to that signal source; and means for, when the radio receiver returns to a signal source for which it has a stored settled frequency offset within a predetermined period of time since the stored frequency offset was derived, reapplying that stored frequency offset to its local frequency reference, rather than deriving a new frequency offset for that frequency reference.
  • the period of validity of the stored frequency offset is limited mainly by the radio receiver's local frequency reference temperature drift, and is therefore preferably based on that drift .
  • This can be assessed from a temperature measuring device and the known local oscillator temperature versus frequency characteristic (which may be known from, e.g., manufacturer's published data, or may be assessed empirically by testing the oscillator) .
  • the radio receiver of the present invention could be any such receiver.
  • the present invention is particularly applicable to mobile radio systems and in particular to the operation of mobile radio units of mobile radio systems.
  • the characteristic of the oscillators used for base stations in mobile radio systems is usually of extreme accuracy and low rate of drift.
  • the accuracy and rate of drift are worse, but the drift rate is still relatively low (i.e. drift occurs over many seconds) . Therefore, in both cases, tracking the drift of the serving transmitter is less of a problem than gaining the initial frequency lock.
  • the present invention is similarly particularly applicable to the operation of mobile radio units of radio systems, such as the TETRA system, in which a mobile unit must align its frequency to the frequency of the transmitting station (e.g. base station or direct mode master) before being permitted to transmit, as it can permit more rapid synchronisation to the transmitting station.
  • a mobile unit must align its frequency to the frequency of the transmitting station (e.g. base station or direct mode master) before being permitted to transmit, as it can permit more rapid synchronisation to the transmitting station.
  • the methods in accordance with the present invention may be implemented at least partially using software, e.g. computer programs. It will thus be seen that when viewed from further aspects the present invention provides computer software specifically adapted to carry out the methods hereinabove described when installed on data processing means, and a computer program element comprising computer software code portions for performing the methods hereinabove described when the program element is run on a data processing means .
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  • the frequency error between the local oscillator frequency derived from the local frequency reference and the local oscillator frequency necessary to process the received signal is then estimated. This can be done in any suitable manner.
  • the demodulated received signal could be downshifted to baseband and then digitally sampled to give a Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) representation of the baseband signal in in-phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) streams by a digital sampler 3.
  • PCM Pulse Code Modulated
  • the frequency estimation could then be made by digitally processing the IQ streams in a frequency offset estimator 4 to obtain an estimate of the total ⁇ /4 differential quadrature phase shift keying ( ⁇ /4 DQPSK) modulation phase transitions as employed in the TETRA standard.
  • the frequency error estimates are then used to derive a correction to apply to the local frequency reference 2 to tune it to the received signal's frequency, as is known in the art.
  • the correction is applied via the frequency control system control loop which includes a loop filter 5 whose output is then applied to control the local oscillator's frequency via a digital-to-analogue convertor (DAC) 6.
  • DAC digital-to-analogue convertor
  • the loop filter receives the frequency offset (error) estimates as inputs, filters the present and past frequency error estimates, as is known in the art, and a correction to be applied to the local frequency reference 2 is derived.
  • the loop filter can be implemented as desired, for example as a digital filter.
  • the receiver When the receiver first receives a new signal source (e.g. when a new base station or direct mode master is acquired) , the receiver arranges the loop filter to have a particular characteristic by setting its co-efficients to a predetermined value or values. After each of the first N received signal bursts (a)
  • the TETRA signal is received as a series of discrete signal bursts (timeslots) ) following the start of the reception, the characteristic of the loop filter is changed by updating the loop filter's co-efficients. Once N signal bursts have been received, the loop filter's characteristic is fixed by fixing its coefficients for the reminder of the reception from the signal source.
  • the receiver can conveniently run a counter to count the N signal bursts, which counter is reset every time a new signal from a new signal source is received.
  • the filter's characteristic is changed based on the sample number and knowledge of the closed loop control system's characteristics, to provide initially a relatively rapid settling time with the settling time progressively increasing as the number of received signal bursts increases.
  • the filter co-efficient values to use for each signal burst number could, for example, be predetermined and stored in a look-up table which is then used to select the appropriate filter co-efficient values.
  • the loop filter 5 performs a pre-defined coefficient update dependent upon the number of (preferably well-received) signal bursts collected from the relevant transmitter (e.g. base station or TETRA Direct Mode Master) .
  • the fixed filter co-efficient values used for the remainder of the signal reception are preferably set so as to effectively provide a sliding average of the reported frequency errors or offsets over a large number of signal bursts in order to provide the usual benefits of rejection to noise, interference, errors in the frequency assessment and Doppler spreads, whilst still being able to track the low rate of drift the serving transmitter's reference oscillator.
  • preferably only signal bursts which are considered to have been "well received" are used to correct the local oscillator.
  • the long-term sliding average filter characteristic value is preferably used where a continuous reception is being received.
  • the transmission frequency of the radio unit is preferably, as discussed above, carried out by looking at the correction being applied by the closed loop control system.
  • the correction being applied can be determined in any appropriate manner. For example, it could be based on the loop filter output, using a knowledge of the loop forward characteristics, such as, in the present example, the number of bits per Hertz of the digital to analogue convertor 6 setting to the local frequency reference 2 frequency output.

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un appareil destinés à commander un récepteur radio doté d'une référence de fréquence locale (2) et d'un système de commande à boucle fermée équipé d'un filtre à boucle (5) destinés à accorder la fréquence de fonctionnement du récepteur avec un signal radio reçu, par altération de la référence de fréquence locale sur la base du signal reçu. A la réception d'un signal radio provenant d'une source donnée, la caractéristique du filtre à boucle (5) est fixée à une valeur prédéterminée, puis elle est changée après des échantillonnages successifs du signal reçu de façon à augmenter progressivement le temps d'établissement ou d'alignement du récepteur. Les échantillons de signal correspondent, de préférence, aux portions du signal reçu dont la qualité excède, ou alternativement égale ou excède, une valeur de seuil prédéterminée de la qualité de signal. Après une prise prédéterminée d'un nombre d'échantillons du signal, la caractéristique de boucle est fixée une fois de plus, ce qui permet d'obtenir un temps d'établissement relativement plus lent pour la boucle de commande.
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