A complete modem ASIC has been designed at Nokia Research Center, Bochum, to meet IEEE 802.11 a Physical Layer requirements. This paper gives an overview of the implemented synchronization algorithms, i.e. packet detection, frequency synchronization and fine-timing synchronization. Especially the optimization of these algorithms for an area- and power-efficient design and the resulting architecture are pointed out.
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Circuits and Systems, 2002. ISCAS 2002. IEEE International Symposium on
(Volume:5
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Date of Conference: 26-29 May 2002