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An appropriate acquisition configuration in terms of signal quality can optimize the acquisition performance. In view of this, a new approach of acquisition assisted by the control voltage of automatic gain control (AGC) is proposed. This approach judges the signal power according to the AGC control voltage and switches the working modes correspondingly and adaptively. Non-coherent accumulation times and the detection threshold are reconfigured according to the working mode. Theoretical derivation and verification by simulation in typical situations are provided, and the algorithm is shown to be superior in terms of the mean acquisition time, especially in strong signal scenarios compared with the conventional algorithm.
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Shen, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, M. et al. Acquisition algorithm assisted by AGC control voltage for DSSS signals. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 58, 2195–2206 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-015-5962-5
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