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Abstract

A receiver (10) achieves more reliable detection of signals transmitted by Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Transmission by correlating received signals with a separate of N symbol patterns via N detector stages (18.sub.1 -18.sub.N). A maximum peak power detecting mechanism (24.sub.1 -24.sub.N, 26.sub.1 -26.sub.N and 28) detects which of the N correlated symbol patterns has a maximum peak power, as well as the identity of each of the N patterns actually received and an index of the peak power in each symbol. A computing mechanism (30, 32 and 34) computes a running power average of the received signals, while a ratio computing stage (36) computes the ratio of the largest peak power of the N correlated symbol patterns to the running power average. A comparator stage (38 and 40) compares the ratio to a threshold value to determine a first symbol in the received signals. From knowledge of the first symbol received, the identity of that symbol, and the true burst location of the received symbol relative to a receiver time base can be determined, thus providing more reliable signal detection.

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