Associative hierarchiacl deinterleaver
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1. A method for deinterleaving a plurality of signal pulses where each signal pulse is characterized by at least two parameters, the method comprising the steps of:
- associating signal pulses having a similar value for one of the parameters into a group of signal pulses;
predicting a value for another parameter for an additional signal pulse not associated with the group;
associating signal pulses with the group which have values for the other parameter which are similar to the predicted parameter value; and
reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the signal pulses associated with the group if the group has more than a threshold number of signal pulses associated with it.
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Abstract
Sequential signal pulses from unknown sources are deinterleaved by clustering similar pulses into groups. The groups are used to form hypothetical pulse train models. If the hypotheticals are confirmed, they are used to deinterleave corresponding signal pulses. Unconfirmed hypotheticals are deleted.
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1. A method for deinterleaving a plurality of signal pulses where each signal pulse is characterized by at least two parameters, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating signal pulses having a similar value for one of the parameters into a group of signal pulses; predicting a value for another parameter for an additional signal pulse not associated with the group; associating signal pulses with the group which have values for the other parameter which are similar to the predicted parameter value; and reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the signal pulses associated with the group if the group has more than a threshold number of signal pulses associated with it. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for deinterleaving a sequence of signal pulses, each signal pulse being characterized by a time of arrival and at least two other parameters, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating signal pulses having a similar value for at least one of the at least two other parameters, into a group; if more than a first threshold number of signal pulses are associated with the group, predicting at least one value for the time of arrival of subsequent signal pulses; associating only subsequent signal pulses having both a similar value for the at least one of the at least two other parameters and a time of arrival similar to the at least one predicted time of arrival with the group; and if more than a second threshold number of signal pulses is associated with the group, reporting an indication of at least one of the parameters of the signal pulses associated with the group. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for deinterleaving a sequence of radar pulse descriptor words, each word including a value for a time of arrival and at least two other parameters of a pulse, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating words having similar values for at least one of the at least two other parameters in a group; if more than a first threshold number of words are associated in a group, predicting at least one time of arrival value for subsequent words to be associated with the group; associating only subsequent words having both a similar value for the at least one of the at least two other parameters and a time of arrival similar to the at least one predicted time of arrival with the group; and if more than a second threshold number of words is associated with the group, reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the words associated with the group. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for deinterleaving a plurality of signal pulses, each signal pulse having at least two parameters comprising:
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means for associating pulses for which a first parameter value is substantially similar into a group; means for predicting a value for a second parameter for an additional signal pulse not associated with the group; means for associating signal pulses having (parameter values substantially similar to the predicted parameter value with the group; and means for reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the signal pulses associated with the group if the group has more than a threshold number of signal pulses associated with it. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for deinterleaving a sequence of radar pulse descriptor words, each word including a value for a time of arrival and at least two other parameters of a pulse, comprising:
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means for associating words having similar values for at least one of the at least two other parameters in a group; means for predicting at least one time of arrival value for subsequent words to be associated with the group, if more than a first threshold number of words are associated with the group; means for associating only subsequent words having both a similar value for the at least one of the at least two other parameters and a time of arrival similar to the at least one predicted time of arrival with the group; and means for reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the words associated with the group if more than a second threshold number of words is associated with the cluster. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for deinterleaving a plurality of signal pulses, wherein each signal pulse has at least two parameters, and at least some of the signal pulses are associated into groups, the signal pulses in a group having similar values for at least one parameter, the method comprising:
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predicting a value for another of the at least two parameters for signal pulses to be associated with a group; associating signal pulses having a value for the other parameter similar to the predicted value for the other parameter with the group; and reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the signal pulses associated with the group if the group has more than a threshold number of signal pulses associated with it. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method for deinterleaving a sequence of signal pulses, wherein each signal pulse is characterized by a time of arrival and at least two other parameters, and at least some of the signal pulses are associated into groups, the signal pulses in a group having similar values for at least one parameter, the method comprising:
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predicting a time of arrival for subsequent signal pulses; associating signal pulses having both a time of arrival similar to the predicted time of arrival and a similar value for at least one of the two other parameters with the group; and reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the signal pulses associated with the group. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for deinterleaving a sequence of signal pulses, wherein each signal pulse is characterized by a time of arrival and at least two other parameters, and at least some of the signal pulses are associated into groups, the signal pulses in a group having similar values for at least one parameter, the apparatus comprising:
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means for predicting a time of arrival for subsequent signal pulses; means for associating signal pulses having both a time of arrival similar to the predicted time of arrival and a similar value for at least one of the two other parameters with the group; and means for reporting an indication of at least one of the parameter values of the signal pulses associated with the group. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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