System and method for signal classiciation of signals in a frequency band
First Claim
1. A method for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band, comprising:
- a. detecting signal pulses associated with one or more signals in the frequency band;
b. accumulating signal pulse data pertaining to detection of the signal pulses over time, the signal pulse data comprising one or more of;
pulse center frequency, pulse bandwidth, pulse duration, time between pulses and number of different signal pulses detected; and
c. analyzing the signal pulse data with respect to data associated with known signals to classify the one or more signals occurring in the frequency band.
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Abstract
A system and method for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band. One or more characteristics of one or more signals in the frequency band are detected using any suitable technology, such as a device that can generate characteristics of signal pulses detected in the frequency band. Data pertaining to the signal pulses is accumulated over time. The accumulated signal data is compared against reference data associated with known signals to classify the one or more signals in the frequency band based on the comparison. The accumulated data may include one or more characteristics selected from the group consisting of: pulse center frequency, pulse bandwidth, pulse duration, time between pulses and number of different active pulses, and wherein the reference data associated with each of a plurality of known signals comprises one or more characteristics selected from the group consisting of: pulse center frequency, pulse bandwidth, pulse duration and time between pulses. The accumulated signal data is compared against the reference data, and depending on the degree of match with reference data, a signal can be classified. Additional levels of signal classification processing may be performed.
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58 Claims
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1. A method for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band, comprising:
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a. detecting signal pulses associated with one or more signals in the frequency band;
b. accumulating signal pulse data pertaining to detection of the signal pulses over time, the signal pulse data comprising one or more of;
pulse center frequency, pulse bandwidth, pulse duration, time between pulses and number of different signal pulses detected; and
c. analyzing the signal pulse data with respect to data associated with known signals to classify the one or more signals occurring in the frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band, comprising:
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a. a memory that stores accumulated signal pulse data comprising one or more of;
pulse center frequency, pulse bandwidth, pulse duration and time between pulses for signal pulses detected in the frequency band over time; and
b. a processor coupled to the memory that analyzes the accumulated signal pulse data with respect to data associated with known signals to classify one or more signals occurring in the frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 47, 48)
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36. A method for generating data indicative of a signal of a device operating in a frequency band, comprising steps of:
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a. detecting signal pulses associated with signals transmitted by the device operating in the frequency band;
b. accumulating signal pulse data pertaining to the detected signal pulses over time, the signal pulse data comprising one or more of;
pulse center frequency, pulse bandwidth, pulse duration, time between pulses and number of different active transmissions; and
c. generating from the accumulated signal pulse data signal classification definition data useful to classify or identify the device when it operates in the frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A processor readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
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a. accumulating signal pulse data pertaining to detection of signal pulses associated with one or more signals occurring in a frequency band, the signal pulse data comprising one or more of;
signal pulse center frequency, signal pulse bandwidth, signal pulse duration, time between signal pulses and number of different signal pulses detected in the frequency band; and
b. classifying the one or more signals in the frequency band by analyzing the signal pulse data with respect to data associated with known signals. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50)
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51. A system for classifying signals occurring in a frequency band, comprising:
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a. a radio receiver that receives signals occurring in the frequency band and outputs signals representative thereof;
b. a spectrum analysis device that generates signal pulse data pertaining to signals occurring in the frequency band based on the signals output by the radio receiver;
c. a memory that stores accumulated signal pulse data pertaining to signals occurring in the frequency band over time that is output by the spectrum analysis device; and
d. a processor coupled to the memory that analyzes the accumulated signal pulse data to classify one or more signals occurring in the frequency band;
e. wherein the spectrum analysis device and the radio receiver are implemented in a card device, and wherein the processor is included in a host device coupled to the card device. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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