Null processing receiver apparatus and method
First Claim
1. Signal processing receiver apparatus comprising:
- demodulator means for demodulating a plurality of modulated signals to produce a primary information signal and one or more related auxiliary information signals, all of the information signals containing an interference signal;
weighting means for operating on the one or more auxililary information signals, to produce a corresponding number of intermediate signals; and
summing means for summing together the primary information signal and the one or more intermediate signals to produce a sum signal in which the interference signal is substantially nulled out;
wherein the weighting means includescorrelation means responsive to the one or more auxiliary information signals for producing a corresponding number of weighting signals, said correlation means including means for correlating the sum signal with each of the one or more auxiliary information signals to produce the corresponding number of weighting signals, andmultiplier means for multiplying the one or more auxiliary information signals by their corresponding weighting signals to produce the one or more intermediate signals;
at least one of the primary and one or more information signals, the one or more weighting signals, the one or more intermediate signals and the sum signal being a baseband digital code signal.
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Abstract
A null processing receiver apparatus that receives and combines together a number of modulated information signals in such a fashion that an interference or jamming signal superimposed on each received signal is substantially eliminated from the combined signal. The apparatus first demodulates each received signal to baseband, to produce a primary demodulated signal and one or more auxiliary demodulated signals. The apparatus then appropriately weights the one or more auxiliary signals and sums together the weighted signals with the primary signal to produce a sum signal in which the interference is substantially nulled out. The weighting is based on a cross-correlation of the sum signal with the baseband signals themselves.
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22 Claims
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1. Signal processing receiver apparatus comprising:
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demodulator means for demodulating a plurality of modulated signals to produce a primary information signal and one or more related auxiliary information signals, all of the information signals containing an interference signal; weighting means for operating on the one or more auxililary information signals, to produce a corresponding number of intermediate signals; and summing means for summing together the primary information signal and the one or more intermediate signals to produce a sum signal in which the interference signal is substantially nulled out; wherein the weighting means includes correlation means responsive to the one or more auxiliary information signals for producing a corresponding number of weighting signals, said correlation means including means for correlating the sum signal with each of the one or more auxiliary information signals to produce the corresponding number of weighting signals, and multiplier means for multiplying the one or more auxiliary information signals by their corresponding weighting signals to produce the one or more intermediate signals; at least one of the primary and one or more information signals, the one or more weighting signals, the one or more intermediate signals and the sum signal being a baseband digital code signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Signal processing receiver apparatus comprising:
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antenna means for supplying a plurality of rf signals each including a carrier modulated by a predetermined digital code signal and further including an interference signal; demodulator means including means for multiplying each rf signal by a common local oscillator signal to produce a corresponding plurality of first intermediate-frequency signals, means for multiplying each first intermediate frequency signal by a common, locally-generated replica of the predetermined digital code signal, to remove the digital code signal therefrom and produce a corresponding plurality of second intermediate-frequency signals, and means for multiplying each of the second intermediate frequency signals by a pair of orthogonal reference carrier signals, to produce a pair of primary information signals and one or more pairs of related auxiliary information signals; weighting means for operating on each of the one or more pairs of auxiliary information signals, to produce a pair of intermediate signals for each; and summing means for summing together one signal of the pair of primary information signals with one signal of each pair of intermediate signals and for further summing together the other signal of the pair of primary information signals with the other signal of each pair of intermediate signals, to produce a pair of sum signals in which the interference signal is substantially absent; wherein the weighting means includes correlation means for correlating the pair of sum signals with the one or more pairs of intermediate signals to produce a corresponding number of pairs of weighting signals, and multiplier means for multiplying each signal in the one or more pairs of auxiliary information signals by its corresponding weighting signal, to produce the one or more pairs of intermediate signals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A signal processing method comprising the steps of:
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demodulating a plurality of modulated signals to produce a primary information signal and one or more related auxiliary information signals, all of the information signals containing an interference signal; weighting the one or more auxiliary information signals, to produce a corresponding number of intermediate signals; and summing together the primary information signal and the one or more intermediate signals to produce a sum signal in which the interference signal is substantially nulled out; wherein the step of weighting includes steps of producing one or more weighting signals in response to the one or more auxilliary information signals, and multiplying the one or more auxiliary information signals by their corresponding weighting signals to produce the one or more intermediate signals; at least one of the primary and one or more information signals, the one or more weighting signals, the one or more intermediate signals and the sum signal being a baseband digital code signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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