Distributed receiver system and method
First Claim
1. A distributed receiver system for communicating transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals, the distributed receiver system comprising:
- a receiver front end downconverter comprising a correlator for producing ultra wideband pulses from the transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals;
a digitizer connected to the receiver front end downconverter for receiving and digitizing the ultra wideband pulses;
a high bandwidth cable connected to the digitizer for receiving the digitized ultra wideband pulses; and
a centralized digital processing module connected to the high bandwidth cable for interpreting the digitized ultra wideband pulses.
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Abstract
A distributed receiver system for communicating transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals includes a receiver front end downconverter having a correlator for producing ultra wideband pulses from the transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals. A digitizer is connected to the receiver front end downconverter for receiving and digitizing the ultra wideband pulses. A high bandwidth cable is connected to the digitizer for receiving the digitized ultra wideband pulses. A centralized digital processing module is connected to the high bandwidth cable for interpreting the digitized ultra wideband pulses.
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25 Claims
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1. A distributed receiver system for communicating transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals, the distributed receiver system comprising:
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a receiver front end downconverter comprising a correlator for producing ultra wideband pulses from the transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals;
a digitizer connected to the receiver front end downconverter for receiving and digitizing the ultra wideband pulses;
a high bandwidth cable connected to the digitizer for receiving the digitized ultra wideband pulses; and
a centralized digital processing module connected to the high bandwidth cable for interpreting the digitized ultra wideband pulses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A distributed receiver system for communicating transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals, the distributed receiver system comprising:
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a receiver front end downconverter comprising a correlator for producing ultra wideband pulses from the transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals;
a plurality of digitizers connected to the receiver front end downconverter for receiving and digitizing the ultra wideband pulses, each of said plurality of digitizers comprising;
an analog to digital device connected to the receiver front end downconverter for digitally converting the ultra wideband pulses; and
a clock connected to the analog to digital device for synchronizing operations on the ultra wideband pulses;
a modem connected to each of the plurality of digitizers and the clock for communicating the digitized ultra wideband pulses;
a high bandwidth cable connected to the modem for receiving the digitized ultra wideband pulses; and
a centralized digital processing module connected to the high bandwidth cable for interpreting the digitized ultra wideband pulses. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for receiving and demodulating spread spectrum signals, the method comprising the steps of:
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sensing spread spectrum signals;
downconverting the sensed spread spectrum signals;
sampling the downconverted sensed spread spectrum signals;
quantizing the sampled spread spectrum signals;
encoding the quantized spread spectrum signals;
providing the encoded spread spectrum signals to a centralized digital processor; and
processing the transported spread spectrum signals to determine information content contained in the spread spectrum signals. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for receiving and demodulating transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals transmitted from at least one ultra wideband transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals using an antenna;
downconverting the transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals into ultra wideband pulses;
sampling the ultra wideband pulses;
quantizing the ultra wideband pulses into a predetermined number of quantizer levels;
encoding the ultra wideband pulses;
providing the ultra wideband pulses to a centralized digital processor;
processing the ultra wideband pulses using a logic tree to determine information content contained in the transmitted reference ultra wideband communications signals; and
identifying a particular one of said at least one ultra wideband transmitter from the step of processing.
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