Abstract:
A communication device (10) and a corresponding method are arranged for changing the radiation pattern of an antenna (14), where the radiation pattern of the antenna (14) is set to a half-space pattern if the communication device (10) is in close proximity to an object. A reflector (18) is activated to produce the half space radiation pattern. The reflector (18) is deactivated to produce the full space pattern. A switching device (26) determines the state of the reflector (18). A sensing and control device (23) controls the state of the switching device (26).
Abstract:
A technique is used in a wideband wireless communication system (100). In some embodiments available channels are determined (310) and one is selected (315) for assignment to each of a set of communication units based on a relative frequency path loss for each available channel. In some embodiments a communication unit is assigned (505) a channel selected from among available channels and a relative signal loss parameter of the communication unit, such as transmit power, is adjusted (510), based on a relative frequency path loss determined from the channel frequency of the assigned channel. In other embodiments, transmit information is split (705) into a plurality of data streams, each characterized by an associated relative signaling sensitivity, and each data stream is assigned (715) to one of a plurality of the transmit channels, wherein data streams are assigned channels of decreasing channel frequencies in order of decreasing associated relative signaling sensitivities of the data streams.
Abstract:
A communication device (10) and a corresponding method are arranged for changing the radiation pattern of an antenna (14), where the radiation pattern of the antenna (14) is set to a half-space pattern if the communication device (10) is in close proximity to an object. A reflector (18) is activated to produce the half space radiation pattern. The reflector (18) is deactivated to produce the full space pattern. A switching device (26) determines the state of the reflector (18). A sensing and control device (23) controls the state of the switching device (26).
Abstract:
A system (100) and method (400) for improving Radio Frequency (RF) Antenna Simulation is provided. The method can include determining (402) a proximity of an antenna (250) to a scattering structure (210), determining (410) a switching distance to the scattering structure that establishes when to switch the antenna on (416) and off (418) from a composite antenna pattern to a free space antenna pattern, and predicting RF coverage of the antenna responsive to the switching. The switching distance can be a function of a material type and a surface geometry of the scattering structure and a wavelength of the antenna. The method can also include evaluating a sensory mismatch in the antenna, and using a composite antenna pattern corresponding to the sensory mismatch.
Abstract:
A method (10 or 500) and system (200) for simulating and improving accuracy of empirical propagation models for radio frequency coverage can include a display (210) and a processor (202) coupled to the display. The processor can be operable to input (502 and 504) low-resolution data and high-resolution data, select (506) an area of interest being simulated for empirical propagation models, and classify (508) receivers as belonging to a predetermined type of object. If a receiver in the area of interest is a low resolution object, then normal losses can be applied (510). If a receiver in the area of interest is a high resolution object, then losses specific to the high resolution object can be applied (512). If a receiver is classified as being inside a building, then the processor can further compute (516) a median power for a location of the receiver and add in-building penetration losses.
Abstract:
A system and method for determining a most likely material composition of an object (102). At least one respective stored radiation polarization transformation (500) is stored for at least one material composition at a plurality of wavelengths. A transmitted electromagnetic signal (112) with at least one wavelength within the plurality of wavelengths and that has a predetermined transmitted polarization profile is transmitted. The transmitted signal (112) encounters an object (102) and is received as at least one received signal (116, 118). Processing determines a respective received polarization for each of the at least one wavelength of the received signal (116, 118), determines a respective calculated polarization transformation between the transmitted polarization profile and the received polarization of the respective wavelength, for each of the at least one wavelength,. The processing also compares the respective calculated polarization transformations to the at least one respective stored radiation polarization transformations (500) for at least one of the plurality of material compositions and based on those comparisons, estimates a most likely material composition for the object (102).
Abstract:
A combined polarimetric and coherent processing receiver (2300) can include at least one antenna (730 and 740), at least one receiver front end (700 and 704), a multipath processor (702, 706, and 714), a polarimetric signal processor (708), and a coherent processor (712). The multipath processor can be a plurality of correlators (702 and 706) coupled to the receiver front end(s) and can process the desired signal arriving from multiple paths coupled to the receiver. The polarimetric signal processor which can include a plurality of adaptive polarimetric filters (710) can be coupled to the multipath processor and can polarimetrically filter signals that are distinguishable from the desired signal. The coherent processor can be coupled to the polarimetric signal processor and can coherently combine the polarimetric filtered signal. The coherent processor can include time varying complex coefficients (714) and a signal combiner (716).
Abstract:
An antenna system (205) includes an antenna structure (215), a receiver (220), and an antenna system controller (225). The antenna structure includes an arrangement of antennas (237), a signal combiner (240), and a switching matrix (235). The arrangement of antennas is designed to have a set of antenna element separations that are optimized to provide lowest correlation coefficients of intercepted radio signals for a corresponding set of electromagnetic environment types that vary from a very low density scattering environment to a maximum density scattering environment. The antennas (230), (231), (232), (233), (234) in the antenna arrangement each include at least one element that has a common polarization. There is at least one antenna that is a dual polarized antenna. The antenna system selects an antenna element pair that corresponds to the environment type which it is operating and thereby receives a best combined signal.
Abstract:
Communication systems include a transmitter that modulates a radio signal transmitted from two differently polarized antennas during a state time in which a wave state of the radio signal conveys information and is based on one or more polarization states selected from a constellation of polarization states comprising at least three polarization states. The communication system includes a receiver that intercepts the radio signal by two differently polarized antennas during the state time, and demodulates the signal. The polarization states may identify user devices or may quantify a portion of the information intended for a user device.