Abstract:
A method of generating N th order product predistortion coefficients for use by a linearizer in a non-linear communications system comprising receiving an input signal by a processor, applying, by the processor, a frequency domain-based adaptation algorithm by measuring N th order products of an output signal of the system and iteratively adjusting a predistortion coefficient of a predistorter until the N th order product is substantially equal to a predetermined minimum value.
Abstract:
A method for identifying the presence of an electronic transmission comprising detecting, by a detecting device, the presence of a burst of electromagnetic energy that results from the presence of an original carrier signal and transmitting, by a transmitting device, a spread spectrum meta-carrier signal within a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal contains information about the original carrier signal and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original earner signal during the presence of the burst of electromagnetic energy.
Abstract:
A method of reducing adjacent satellite interference, the method comprising monitoring, by a processor, a power spectral density (PSD) of a signal transmitted by a remote transmitter, determining, by the processor, that the PSD of the signal transmitted by the remote transmitter is above a predetermined level, and reducing the PSD of the signal transmitted by the remote transmitter by adjusting at least one of a spread spectrum spreading factor, a power level, a modulation factor, and a forward error correction (FEC) rate using a modulator while maintaining a constant spectral allocation and center frequency of the signal.
Abstract:
A method of hitless switching over a communications link, the method comprising transmitting, by a first modulator to a remote receiver, a first carrier signal having a first center frequency, enabling, by a second modulator to the remote receiver, transmission of a second carrier signal having a second center frequency while the first modulator is transmitting the first carrier signal, increasing, through the second modulator, a power level of the second carrier signal while the first carrier signal is transmitting, simultaneously decreasing, through the first modulator, a power level of the first carrier signal while the power level of the second carrier signal is increasing, and disabling transmission of the first carrier signal to the remote receiver when the power level of the second carrier signal reaches a predetermined level.
Abstract:
A method for encrypting an information carrier comprising generating a sequence of data using a sequence generator, modulating, using a first modulator an output from the sequence generator such that an interference signal results, encoding the interference generator's synchronization information using an encoder, modulating, using a second modulator, the encoded synchronization information such that a synchronization carrier signal results, spreading the synchronization carrier signal using a spreader such that a spread sub-carrier synchronization signal results, and combining the modulated information carrier signal, interference signal, and spread sub-carrier synchronization signal using a signal combiner such that a composite signal results, the interference signal having one or more signal characteristics that results in obfuscation of the information carrier signal when the information carrier signal and interference signal are combined.
Abstract:
A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta- carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.
Abstract:
A method of seamless antenna handover comprising transmitting at least one of a handover trigger packet and a handover synchronization packet (HSP) by a transmitter to a first and a second repeating relay, the first repeating relay configured to transmit a data signal to a first modem at a remote receiver and the second repeating relay configured to transmit the data signal to a second modem at the remote receiver, receiving, by the first and second modems at the remote receiver, the data signal and the at least one of the handover trigger packet and the HSP from the first and second repeating relays, respectively, and activating one of the first and second modems and deactivating the other of the first and second modems in response to receiving the at least one of the handover trigger packet and the HSP.
Abstract:
A communication method for transmitting meta-data through a meta-carrier signal comprising encoding meta-data using an encoder, the meta-data comprising information that identifies a repeating relay to which a spread meta-carrier signal is to be transmitted, encoded using an encoder, modulating, using a modulator and spreading, using a spreader, the encoded meta-data such that the spread meta-carrier signal results, and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the spread meta-carrier signal to the repeating relay wherein the repeating relay does not process or modify the spread meta-carrier signal, the spread meta-carrier signal being transmitted over at least a portion of a bandwidth of the repeating relay.
Abstract:
A method of searching for candidate codewords for a telecommunications system, the method comprising receiving a sequence of constellation points, producing a received FEC vector comprised of bits from the received constellation points, comparing the received FEC vector with a plurality of candidate codewords within a Dorsch decoding process using an ordered pattern, and terminating the search when a candidate codeword from among the plurality of candidate codewords is found residing within a predetermined range of a specified distance of the received FEC vector.
Abstract:
A method of and system for distinguishing polarizations and information about the carrier signals transmitted from a repeating relay comprising encoding, using an encoder, a first data stream and a second data stream at a repeating relay, modulating, using a modulator, the first and second encoded data streams at the repeating relay, spreading, using a spreader, the first modulated data stream such that a first spread waveform results having first spreading characteristics and the second modulated data stream such that a second spread waveform results having second spreading characteristics, wherein the first spreading characteristics and the second spreading characteristics are different and differentiate the first spread waveform from the second spread waveform, and transmitting the first spread waveform as a first spread spectrum carrier signal on a first electromagnetic polarization and the second spread waveform as a second spread spectrum carrier signal on a second EM polarization.