Method and apparatus for distributed polyphase spread spectrum communications
First Claim
1. A method of communication comprising the steps of:
- polyphase channelizing a signal;
determining available spectrum in an observed frequency range having a noise floor based on detection of polyphase users below the noise floor; and
distributing the polyphase channelized signal among the available spectrum.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for distributed polyphase spread spectrum communication and non-contiguous spectrum underlay. The method includes polyphase channelizing a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) signal, determining available spectrum in an observed frequency range having a noise floor based on detection of polyphase users below the noise floor, distributing the polyphase channelized signal among the available spectrum, and interference mitigation using a combination of standard signal detection and cyclostationary feature detection methods. The apparatus includes: a first processor adapted to polyphase channelize a code division multiple access (CDMA) spectrum and a digitized RF bandwidth containing a discontiguous polyphase waveform distribution; a second processor adapted to detect occupied bands, interferers and polyphase users in a spectrum and determine discontiguous frequency opportunities based on the detected interferers and polyphase users; and a third processor adapted to allocate the polyphase channelized CDMA spectrum among available spectrum based on the discontiguous frequency opportunities.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of communication comprising the steps of:
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polyphase channelizing a signal;
determining available spectrum in an observed frequency range having a noise floor based on detection of polyphase users below the noise floor; and
distributing the polyphase channelized signal among the available spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A spread spectrum radio comprising:
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a signal processor configured to polyphase channelize a code division multiple access (CDMA) spectrum and a digitized RF bandwidth containing a discontiguous polyphase waveform distribution;
a signal detector configured to detect occupied bands, interferers and polyphase users in a spectrum and determine discontiguous frequency opportunities based on the detected interferers and polyphase users; and
a signal distributor configured to allocate the polyphase channelized CDMA spectrum among available spectrum based on the discontiguous frequency opportunities. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A digital radio comprising:
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a first processor configured to polyphase channelize a CDMA spectrum;
a second processor configured to determine available spectrum based on non-linear signal processing of an observed RF spectrum, said second processor detecting occupied bands, interferers, and polyphase users above and below a noise floor a third processor configured to allocate the channelized spectrum from said first processor among the available spectrum;
a fourth processor configured to up-convert the allocated spectrum from said third processor to an RF transmit signal and down-convert RF received signals to digitized RF bandwidth; and
a fifth processor configured to polyphase channelize the digitized RF bandwidth from said fourth processor, cancel interference based on detected interferers from said second processor, and reconstruct an original CDMA spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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