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+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2024 by Federico Amedeo Izzo IU2NUO,                    *
+ *                         Niccolò Izzo IU2KIN                             *
+ *                         Frederik Saraci IU2NRO                          *
+ *                         Silvano Seva IU2KWO                             *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>   *
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef CORRELATOR_H
+#define CORRELATOR_H
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <array>
+
+/**
+ * Class to construct correlator objects, allowing to compute the cross-correlation
+ * between a stream of signed 16-bit samples and a known syncword.
+ * The correlator has its internal storage for past samples.
+ */
+template < size_t SYNCW_SIZE, size_t SAMPLES_PER_SYM >
+class Correlator
+{
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
+    Correlator() : sampIdx(0) { }
+
+    /**
+     * Destructor.
+     */
+    ~Correlator() { }
+
+    /**
+     * Append a new sample to the correlator memory.
+     *
+     * @param sample: baseband sample.
+     */
+    void sample(const int16_t sample)
+    {
+        samples[sampIdx] = sample;
+        prevIdx = sampIdx;
+        sampIdx = (sampIdx + 1) % SYNCWORD_SAMPLES;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compute the convolution product between the samples stored in the correlator
+     * memory and a target syncword.
+     *
+     * @param syncword: syncword symbols.
+     * @return convolution product.
+     */
+    int32_t convolve(const std::array< int8_t, SYNCW_SIZE >& syncword)
+    {
+        int32_t conv = 0;
+        size_t  pos  = prevIdx + SAMPLES_PER_SYM;
+
+        for(auto& sym : syncword)
+        {
+            conv += (int32_t) sym * (int32_t) samples[pos % SYNCWORD_SAMPLES];
+            pos  += SAMPLES_PER_SYM;
+        }
+
+        return conv;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the maximum deviation of the samples stored in the correlator
+     * memory, starting from a given sampling point. When the sampling point
+     * corresponds to a peak of correlation, this function allows to retrieve
+     * the outer deviation of a given baseband stream, provided that the target
+     * syncword is composed only by outer symbols. This is true in case the
+     * syncword is constructed using Barker codes.
+     *
+     * @param samplePoint: sampling point.
+     * @return a std::pair carrying the maximum deviation. First element is
+     * positive deviation, second element is negative deviation.
+     */
+    std::pair< int32_t, int32_t > maxDeviation(const uint8_t samplePoint)
+    {
+        int32_t maxSum = 0;
+        int32_t minSum = 0;
+        int32_t maxCnt = 0;
+        int32_t minCnt = 0;
+
+        for(size_t i = 0; i < SYNCWORD_SAMPLES; i++)
+        {
+            if(((prevIdx + i) % SAMPLES_PER_SYM) == samplePoint)
+            {
+                int16_t sample = samples[(prevIdx + i) % SYNCWORD_SAMPLES];
+                if(sample > 0)
+                {
+                    maxSum += sample;
+                    maxCnt += 1;
+                }
+
+                if(sample < 0)
+                {
+                    minSum += sample;
+                    minCnt += 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if((maxCnt == 0) || (minCnt == 0))
+            return std::make_pair(0, 0);
+
+        return std::make_pair(maxSum/maxCnt, minSum/minCnt);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Access the internal sample memory.
+     *
+     * @return a pointer to the correlator memory.
+     */
+    const int16_t *data()
+    {
+        return samples;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the buffer index at which the last sample has been written. The index
+     * goes from zero to (SYNCW_SIZE * SAMPLES_PER_SYM) - 1.
+     *
+     * @return index of the last stored sample.
+     */
+    size_t index()
+    {
+        return prevIdx;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the index at which the last sample has been written, modulo the
+     * number of samples a symbol is made of.
+     *
+     * @return index of the last stored sample.
+     */
+    size_t sampleIndex()
+    {
+        return prevIdx % SAMPLES_PER_SYM;
+    }
+
+private:
+
+    static constexpr size_t SYNCWORD_SAMPLES = SYNCW_SIZE * SAMPLES_PER_SYM;
+
+    int16_t samples[SYNCWORD_SAMPLES];  ///< Samples' storage
+    size_t  sampIdx;                    ///< Index of the next sample to write
+    size_t  prevIdx;                    ///< Index of the last written sample
+};
+
+#endif