SIGNAL SEPARATION BASED ON LINEAR INDEPENDENT SIGNAL SUMMATION SETS AND AN ANTENNA ARRAY
First Claim
1. A communications device for separating an independent source signal from a mixture of source signals provided by M signal sources, the communications device comprising:
- an antenna array comprising N antenna elements for receiving at least M different summations of the M source signals, the at least M different summations defining the mixture of source signals, where N<
M;
a receiver connected to said antenna array for receiving the mixture of source signals; and
a signal separation processor connected to said receiver and configured to take samples of the mixture of source signals over time and store each sample as a data vector to create a data set;
assign each data vector within the data set to one class within a plurality of classes based on its similarity to other data vectors in the one class; and
analyze the data vectors assigned to the one class to separate the independent source signal from other signals in the mixture of source signals.
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Abstract
A method for operating a communications device for separating an independent source signal from a mixture of source signals provided by M signal sources includes receiving at an antenna array at least M different summations of the M source signals. The at least M different summations define the mixture of source signals, where N<M. A signal separation processor processes the mixture of source signals by taking samples of the mixture of source signals over time and storing each sample as a data vector to create a data set, and assigning each data vector within the data set to one class within a plurality of classes based on its similarity to other data vectors in the one class. The data vectors assigned to the one class are analyzed to separate the independent source signal from other signals in the mixture of source signals.
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18 Claims
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1. A communications device for separating an independent source signal from a mixture of source signals provided by M signal sources, the communications device comprising:
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an antenna array comprising N antenna elements for receiving at least M different summations of the M source signals, the at least M different summations defining the mixture of source signals, where N<
M;
a receiver connected to said antenna array for receiving the mixture of source signals; and
a signal separation processor connected to said receiver and configured to take samples of the mixture of source signals over time and store each sample as a data vector to create a data set;
assign each data vector within the data set to one class within a plurality of classes based on its similarity to other data vectors in the one class; and
analyze the data vectors assigned to the one class to separate the independent source signal from other signals in the mixture of source signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating a communications device for separating an independent source signal from a mixture of source signals provided by M signal sources, the communications device comprising an antenna array comprising N antenna elements, a receiver connected to the antenna array, and a signal separation processor connected to the receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving at the antenna array at least M different summations of the M source signals, the at least M different summations defining the mixture of source signals, where N<
M;
providing the mixture of source signals to the receiver; and
processing by the signal separation processor the mixture of source signals received by the receiver, the processing comprising taking samples of the mixture of source signals over time and store each sample as a data vector to create a data set, assigning each data vector within the data set to one class within a plurality of classes based on its similarity to other data vectors in the one class, and analyzing the data vectors assigned to the one class to separate the independent source signal from other signals in the mixture of source signals. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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