System and method of communicating high rate pulse signals in a multipath environment
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1. A method for determining a pulse characteristic of a transmitted pulse, comprising the steps of a. transmitting a first pulse having a first pulse characteristic;
- b. receiving said transmitted pulse having said first pulse characteristic;
c. determining multipath response characteristic of said received first pulse; and
d. determining a second pulse characteristic of a second transmitted pulse based on said multipath response characteristic.
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Abstract
A high rate impulse radio communication system where the modulation period is shorter than the multipath decay period and relates to the placement of pulses in a sequence of pulses such that pulses subsequent to the first pulse are placed in time at locations that are optimum based on the multipath response of the channel.
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1. A method for determining a pulse characteristic of a transmitted pulse, comprising the steps of
a. transmitting a first pulse having a first pulse characteristic; -
b. receiving said transmitted pulse having said first pulse characteristic;
c. determining multipath response characteristic of said received first pulse; and
d. determining a second pulse characteristic of a second transmitted pulse based on said multipath response characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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14. A system, comprising:
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a first transceiver capable of transmitting a first pulse, said pulse having a first pulse characteristic;
a second transceiver capable of receiving said transmitted first pulse having said first pulse characteristic;
said second tranceiver capable of determining multipath response characteristics of said received first pulse; and
said second transceiver capable of determining a second pulse characteristic of a second pulse based on said multipath response characteristic.
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27. A method for separating the multipath responses of a plurality of pulses, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a plurality of pulses having predefined pulse characteristic, wherein a predefined pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
receiving the plurality of pulses in accordance with said predefined pulse characteristic;
determining cross coupling value for a first pulse relative to a second pulse; and
separating the multipath response of said first pulse from the multipath response of said second pulse using said at least one cross coupling value.
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32. A method for determining characteristics of a pulse comprising the steps of:
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transmitting from a first transceiver, a pulse having a first pulse characteristic, wherein said pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
receiving at a second transceiver said transmitted pulse in accordance with said first pulse characteristic;
determining at said second transceiver a multipath response characteristic of said received pulse;
determining at said second transceiver a second pulse characteristic of said pulse using said multipath response characteristic, wherein a pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
communicating from said second transceiver to said first transceiver said second pulse characteristic of said pulse; and
transmitting from and receiving at said first and second transceiver a pulse having said second pulse characteristic.
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33. A system, comprising:
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a first transceiver capable of transmitting a pulse having a first pulse characteristic, wherein a pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
a second transceiver capable of receiving said transmitted pulse in accordance with said first pulse characteristic;
said second transceiver capable of determining multipath response characteristic of said received pulse;
said second transceiver capable of determining a second pulse characteristic of pulse using said multipath response characteristic, wherein a pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
said second transceiver capable of communicating said second pulse characteristic of said pulse to said first transceiver; and
said first and second transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving a pulse having said second pulse characteristic.
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34. A method for determining a pulse characteristic, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting from a first transceiver, a pulse having a first pulse characteristic, wherein said first pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
receiving at a second transceiver said transmitted pulse in accordance with said first pulse characteristic;
determining at said second transceiver a multipath response characteristic of said received pulse;
determining at said second transceiver a second pulse characteristic of said pulse using said multipath response characteristic, wherein said pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
transmitting from said second transceiver, a pulse having said second pulse characteristic;
searching for and receiving at said first transceiver said transmitted pulse having said second pulse characteristic;
transmitting from and receiving at said first and second transceiver at least one pulse having said second pulse characteristic.
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35. A system, comprising:
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a first transceiver capable of transmitting pulse having a first pulse characteristic, wherein said pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
a second transceiver capable of receiving said transmitted pulse in accordance with said first pulse characteristic, said second transceiver capable of determining a multipath response characteristic of said received pulse;
said second transceiver capable of determining a second pulse characteristic of said pulse using said multipath response characteristic, wherein said pulse characteristic corresponds to a pulse position in time;
said second transceiver capable of transmitting a pulse having said second pulse characteristic; and
said first transceiver capable of searching for and receiving said transmitted pulse having said second pulse characteristic, said first and second transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving a pulse having said second pulse characteristic.
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36. A method for positioning a pulse, comprising the step of:
positioning said pulse in time based on the multipath response of a preceding pulse.
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