Aliasing communication system with multi-mode and multi-band functionality and embodiments thereof, such as the family radio service
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1. A method for communicating, comprising the steps of:
- (1) identifying a radio frequency band from the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum as a band of interest;
(2) identifying a channel within said band of interest as a channel/band combination;
(3) filtering said EM spectrum thereby passing said channel/band combination;
(4) aliasing said channel/band combination according to an aliasing signal, said aliasing signal having an aliasing frequency, said aliasing frequency being a function of a clock signal, thereby generating a down-converted baseband signal including said channel/band combination; and
(5) filtering said down-converted baseband signal, thereby passing said channel as a filtered down-converted baseband signal.
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Abstract
A receiver having multi-mode and multi-band functionality and capabilities is described herein. The receiver is capable of selectively operating over a plurality of bands and channels. The receiver operates in a plurality of modes, including but not limited to a single band/channel mode, and a multiple band/channel mode. The receiver may form a portion of a transceiver. The transceiver may also include a transmitter. In an embodiment, the transceiver is a family radio service (FRS) unit, although the invention is not limited to this embodiment.
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1. A method for communicating, comprising the steps of:
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(1) identifying a radio frequency band from the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum as a band of interest; (2) identifying a channel within said band of interest as a channel/band combination; (3) filtering said EM spectrum thereby passing said channel/band combination; (4) aliasing said channel/band combination according to an aliasing signal, said aliasing signal having an aliasing frequency, said aliasing frequency being a function of a clock signal, thereby generating a down-converted baseband signal including said channel/band combination; and (5) filtering said down-converted baseband signal, thereby passing said channel as a filtered down-converted baseband signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for communicating, comprising:
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a controller that operates under the direction of a user, and that issues a first command signal and a second command signal; a controller signal generator to generate a control signal according to said first command signal; and a down-converting and filtering (UDF) module to filter and down-convert one or more input signals based on said control signal and according to said second command signal, said UDF to alias said filtered input signal according to an aliasing signal, said aliasing signal having an aliasing frequency, said aliasing frequency being a function of a clock signal, and thereby output a channel filtered and down-converted signal. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of communicating, comprising the steps of:
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(1) identifying one or more radio frequency bands from the electromagnetic spectrum as bands of interest; (2) identifying one or more channels within each of said bands of interest as channel/band combinations; (3) identifying one of said channel/band combinations as a monitored channel/band combination; (4) causing an input filter to operate with said monitored channel/band combination, and filtering an input signal using said input filter, to create a filtered signal having a frequency within said monitored channel/band combination; (5) aliasing said filtered signal according to an aliasing signal, said aliasing signal having an aliasing frequency, said aliasing frequency being a function of a clock signal, thereby generating a down-converted baseband signal; and (6) causing an output filter to operate with said monitored channel/band combination, and filtering said down-converted baseband signal using said output filter, thereby generating a down-converted baseband signal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for communicating, comprising:
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an input filter module comprised of one or more input filters to filter one or more input signals so as to generate one or more filtered input signals; a universal frequency translator to down-convert at least one of said one or more filtered input signals to generate a down-converted baseboard signal, said universal frequency translator comprising means for aliasing said filtered input signal according to an aliasing signal, said aliasing signal having an aliasing frequency, said aliasing frequency being a function of a clock signal, thereby generating said down-converted baseband signal; and an output filter module comprised of one or more output filters to filter said down-converted baseband signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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