Multimode communication system

• US 7,280,810 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2005
• Issued: 10/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kamilo Feher
• Original Assignee: Kamilo Feher
• Inventors: Feher, Kamilo
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ajayi, Joel
• Application Number:
  US11/197,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20070030116A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 455/137, 370/208, 370/294
• US Class Current: 455/137
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Multimode, multi-function, multiple modulator-demodulator (modem) system containing a fingerprint sensor, detection, identification, authentication, and processing device for one or multiple fingerprint information to activate one or multiple modulators for signal transmission and generation of authentication information signals. A location information receiver and a processor device for processing and combining the location information and fingerprint information activated signals with one or more additional user generated signals. Processed, combined signals are provided for filtering and/or spread spectrum encoding and/or cross-correlating and connection to one or more modulators and transmitters.

Claims

1. A wireless system comprising:

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing signals and for generating from said signals Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) baseband signals;

a first modulator for receiving and modulating said OFDM baseband signals wherein, said modulator is a quadrature modulator;

a second baseband processor for receiving and processing location finder information signals and analog to digital converted (ADC) voice signals and for generating combined location finder and ADC voice signals, wherein said second baseband processor comprises a cross-correlator and filters for generation of combined cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase filtered baseband signals;

a second modulator for receiving and modulating said combined cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase filtered baseband signals, wherein said second modulator is a quadrature modulator;

a first amplifier operated in a first radio frequency (RF) band in a linearly amplified (LINA) mode for receiving and for amplifying the modulated OFDM signals;

a second amplifier operated in a second radio frequency (RF) band, wherein the second RF band is different from the first RF band in a non-linearly amplified (NLA) mode for receiving and for amplifying the modulated combined signals; and

a selector for selecting either the first or the second amplifier amplified signals and for providing the selected signals to a signal transmitter for transmission of the selected signal.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said received location finder information signals are received from a cellular system.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said received location finder information signals are received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said received location finder information signals are received from a cellular system and from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system.

5. A wireless system comprising:

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing signals and for generating from said signals Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) baseband signals;

a first modulator for receiving and modulating said OFDM baseband signals;

a second baseband processor for receiving and processing signals containing location finder information and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signals and for generating combined location finder information and TDMA baseband signals;

a second modulator for receiving and modulating said combined signals;

a first amplifier operated in a first radio frequency (RF) band in a linearly amplified (LINA) mode for receiving and for amplifying the modulated OFDM signals;

a second amplifier operated in a second radio frequency (RF) band, wherein the second RF band is different from the first RF band in a non-linearly amplified (NLA) mode for receiving and for amplifying the modulated combined signals; and

a selector for selecting either the first or the second amplifier amplified signals and for providing the selected signals to a signal transmitter for transmission of the selected signal.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signals are cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband signals.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein said Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signals are cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband signals.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein said Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signals are Gaussian filtered baseband signals.

9. The system of claim 5 wherein said received location finder information signals are received from a ground based system.

10. The system of claim 5 wherein said received location finder information signals are received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and an other than GPS satellite system.

11. The system of claim 5 wherein said received location finder information signals are received from a cellular system and from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system.

12. A system comprising:

a first baseband processor for processing signals and for generating Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) baseband signals;

a first modulator for receiving and modulating said OFDM or OFDMA baseband signals;

a second baseband processor for processing position finding signals and spread spectrum baseband signals and for generating combined position finding and spread spectrum baseband signals;

a second modulator for receiving and modulating said combined signals;

a first amplifier operated in a first radio frequency (RF) spectrum in a linearly amplified (LINA) mode for receiving and for amplifying the modulated OFDM or OFDMA signals;

a second amplifier operated in a second radio frequency (RF) spectrum in a LINA mode, wherein the second RF spectrum is different from the first RF spectrum, for receiving and for amplifying the modulated combined signals;

a selector for selecting either the first or the second amplifier amplified signals and for providing the selected signals to a signal transmitter for transmission of the selected signals; and

a signal transmitter comprising a first antenna and a second antenna wherein the first antenna is operated in a different RF spectrum than the second antenna.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said position finding signals are received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said position finding signals are received from a ground based system.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein said position finding signals are received from a ground based system.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein said spread spectrum baseband signals are Collision Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) spread spectrum signals.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein said spread spectrum signals are Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum (FH-SS) baseband spread spectrum signals.

18. A wireless system comprising:

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing a first bit rate signal and generating from said first bit rate signal an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) baseband signal;

a first modulator for receiving and modulating said OFDM baseband signal, wherein, said first modulator is a quadrature modulator;

a second baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal and generating from said second bit rate signal a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signal, wherein the second bit rate signal has a different bit rate than the first bit rate signal

a second modulator for receiving and modulating the TDMA baseband signal wherein, said second modulator is a non-quadrature modulator;

a first amplifier operated in a first radio frequency (RF) band in a linearly amplified (LINA) mode for receiving and for amplifying the modulated OFDM signals;

a second amplifier operated in a second radio frequency (RF) band, wherein the second RF band is different from the first RF band in a non-linearly amplified (NLA) mode for receiving and for amplifying the modulated combined signals; and

a selector for selecting either the first or the second amplifier amplified signals and for providing the selected signals to a signal transmitter for transmission of the selected signal.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein said second baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal comprises received signals received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and an other than GPS satellite system.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein said second baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal comprises received signals received from a location finder information transmitter system.

21. A wireless system comprising:

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing a first bit rate signal and generating from said first bit rate signal an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) baseband signal;

a first modulator for receiving and modulating said OFDM baseband signal, wherein, said first modulator is a quadrature modulator;

a second baseband processor and a baseband filter for receiving, processing and filtering a second bit rate signal and generating from said second bit rate signal a filtered baseband signal, wherein the second bit rate signal has a different bit rate than the first bit rate signal

a second modulator for receiving and modulating the filtered baseband signal wherein, said second modulator is a non-quadrature modulator;

a first transmitter for receiving and transmitting the quadrature modulator modulated signal;

a second transmitter for receiving and transmitting the non-quadrature modulator modulated signal; and

a receiver and demodulator for receiving and demodulating both the quadrature modulator modulated transmitted signal and the non-quadrature modulator modulated transmitted signal, wherein the demodulator for demodulation of the filtered baseband non-quadrature modulator modulated transmitted signal provides demodulated filtered cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature phase baseband signals.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein said second baseband processor and baseband filter for receiving, processing and filtering a second bit rate signal comprises a spread spectrum baseband processor for providing spread spectrum filtered signals.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein said second baseband processor and baseband filter for receiving, processing and filtering a second bit rate signal comprises a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband processor for providing TDMA filtered signals.

24. A wireless and wired multimode communication system comprising:

a connector for providing a first bit rate signal from a wire, cable, or fiber optic communication connected internet system to a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex(OFDM) modulator and first wireless transmitter for modulating by said OFDM modulator and transmitting said first bit rate signal;

a first receiver and first demodulator for receiving and demodulating said modulated and transmitted OFDM signal to demodulated baseband OFDM signal;

a second receiver and second demodulator for receiving and demodulating location finder modulated transmitted signals to demodulated baseband location finder signals;

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal from a data source, said first baseband processor comprising a cross-correlator and cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase signal generator for processing said second bit rate signal and providing cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals to a second baseband processor wherein said second bit rate signal has a different bit rate from said first bit rate signal;

a second baseband processor for processing and combining demodulated baseband location finder signals with cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals and for providing combined baseband signals to a second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined baseband signals; and

a second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined baseband signals.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein said first baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal from a data source comprises in addition to said first baseband processor comprising a cross-correlator and cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase signal generator for processing said second bit rate signal and providing cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals to a second baseband processor a spread spectrum cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase signal generator for processing said second bit rate signal and providing spread spectrum cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals.

26. The system of claim 24 wherein said second receiver and second demodulator for receiving and demodulating location finder modulated transmitted signals comprise signals received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system and an other than GPS satellite system and from a ground based system.

27. The system of claim 24 wherein said position finding signals are received from a ground based system.

28. The system of claim 24 wherein said connector for providing a first bit rate signal from a wire, cable, or fiber optic communication connected internet system is a DSL connector for connection of a DSL signal.

29. A wireless and wired multimode communication system comprising:

a connector for providing a first bit rate signal from a wire, cable, or fiber optic communication connected internet system to a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex(OFDM) modulator and first wireless transmitter for modulating by said OFDM modulator and transmitting said first bit rate signal;

a first receiver and first demodulator for receiving and demodulating said modulated and transmitted OFDM signal to demodulated baseband OFDM signal;

a second receiver and second demodulator for receiving and demodulating location finder modulated transmitted signals to demodulated baseband location finder signals;

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal, said first baseband processor comprising a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) processor and providing TDMA processed signals to a second baseband processor wherein said second bit rate signal has a different bit rate from said first bit rate signal;

a second baseband processor for processing and combining demodulated baseband location finder signals with TDMA processed signals and for providing combined location finder and TDMA processed baseband signals to a selector for selecting and for connecting said combined signals to second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined signals; and

a control and selector to control and select connecting the baseband OFDM signal to a user for users further use and processing of said baseband OFDM signal, or for connecting said combined signals to second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined signals.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein said location finder modulated transmitted signals comprise signals received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system and an other than GPS satellite system and from a ground based system and said Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) processor comprises a cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped baseband processor.

31. The system of claim 29 wherein said connector for providing a first bit rate signal from a wire, cable, or fiber optic communication connected internet system receives signals from the world wide web (www).

32. The system of claim 29 wherein said location finder modulated transmitted signals comprises signals received from a ground based system.

33. The system of claim 29 wherein said Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) processor comprises a cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped baseband processor.

34. A wireless and wired multimode communication system comprising:

a connector for providing a first bit rate signal received from a wire, cable, or fiber optic communication connected internet system to a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex(OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) modulator and first wireless transmitter for modulating by said OFDM or OFDMA modulator and transmitting said first bit rate signal;

a first receiver and first demodulator for receiving and demodulating said modulated and transmitted OFDM and or OFDMA signal to demodulated baseband OFDM and or OFDMA signal;

a second receiver and second demodulator for receiving and demodulating location finder modulated transmitted signals to demodulated baseband location finder signals;

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal, said first baseband processor comprising a baseband filter for filtering said second bit rate signal and providing the filtered signal to a second baseband processor wherein said second bit rate signal has a different bit rate from said first bit rate signal;

a second baseband processor for processing and combining demodulated baseband location finder signals with said second bit rate filtered processed signals and for providing combined location finder and second bit rate filtered processed baseband signals to a selector for selecting and for connecting said combined signals to second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined signals, wherein said second modulator is a polar modulator; and

a control and selector to control and select connecting the baseband OFDM and or OFDMA signal to a user for users further use and processing of said baseband OFDM and or OFDMA signal, or for connecting said combined signals to second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined signals.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein said first baseband processor comprising a baseband filter for filtering comprises a cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband processor and filter.

36. The system of claim 34 wherein said second modulator comprises a non-quadrature modulator.

37. A wireless and wired multimode communication system comprising:

a connector for providing a first bit rate signal from a wire, cable, or fiber optic communication connected internet system to a first spread spectrum modulator and first wireless transmitter for modulating by said spread spectrum modulator and transmitting said first bit rate signal;

a first receiver and first demodulator for receiving and demodulating said spread spectrum modulated and transmitted signal to demodulated baseband spread spectrum signal;

a second receiver and second demodulator for receiving and demodulating location finder modulated transmitted signals to demodulated baseband location finder signals;

a first baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal, said first baseband processor comprising a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) processor and providing TDMA processed signals to a second baseband processor wherein said second bit rate signal has a different bit rate from said first bit rate signal;

a second baseband processor for processing and combining demodulated baseband location finder signals with TDMA processed signals and for providing combined location finder and TDMA processed baseband signals to a selector for selecting and for connecting said combined signals to second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined signals; and

a control and selector to control and select connecting the baseband spread spectrum signal to a user for users further use and processing of said baseband spread spectrum signal, or for connecting said combined signals to second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined signals.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein said second modulator and second transmitter for modulating and transmitting said combined signals comprises a polar modulator.

39. The system of claim 37 wherein said first baseband processor comprising a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) processor comprises a cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband processor and filter.

40. A wireless system comprising:

a first baseband processor and filter for receiving, processing and filtering a first bit rate signal and for providing a filtered baseband signal to a third baseband processor;

a second baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal and for providing a spread spectrum baseband signal to a third processor;

a first receiver and a first demodulator for receiving and demodulating location finder modulated transmitted signal to demodulated location finder baseband signal and for providing said location finder baseband signal to a third processor;

a third baseband processor for processing said filtered and or spread spectrum baseband signal with said location finder baseband signal and for providing the third signal processor processed baseband signal to a first modulator;

a first modulator for receiving and for modulating the third signal processor processed baseband signal and for providing the first modulator modulated signal to a first transmitter for signal transmission;

a fourth baseband processor for receiving and processing a third bit rate signal and for providing a third bit rate Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) baseband signal to a second modulator;

a second modulator for receiving and for modulating OFDM or OFDMA baseband signals and for providing the second modulator modulated signal to a second transmitter for signal transmission;

a second receiver and a second demodulator for receiving and demodulating OFDM or OFDMA modulated transmitted signal to OFDM or OFDMA baseband signal and for providing the OFDM or OFDMA demodulated baseband signal to a user; and

a control unit for controlling the transmission of one or more of the first bit rate and or second bit rate signals with the location finder signal and for controlling the transmission and or reception of the third bit rate signal.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein said first baseband processor and filter for receiving, processing and filtering a first bit rate signal comprises a first cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband processor and filter and said second baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal and for providing a spread spectrum baseband signal comprises a second cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband processor and filter.

42. The system of claim 40 wherein said first baseband processor and filter for receiving, processing and filtering a first bit rate signal comprises cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband processor and filter.

43. A wireless system comprising:

a first baseband processor and filter for receiving, processing and filtering a first bit rate signal and for providing a filtered baseband signal to a third baseband processor;

a second baseband processor for receiving and processing a second bit rate signal and for providing a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signal to a third processor;

a first receiver and a first demodulator for receiving and demodulating location finder modulated transmitted signal to demodulated location finder baseband signal and for providing said location finder baseband signal to a third processor;

a third baseband processor for processing said filtered and or TDMA baseband signal with said location finder baseband signal and for providing the third signal processor processed baseband signal to a first modulator;

a first modulator for receiving and for modulating the third signal processor processed baseband signal and for providing the first modulator modulated signal to a first transmitter for signal transmission;

a fourth baseband processor for receiving and processing a third bit rate signal and for providing a third bit rate Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) baseband signal to a second modulator;

a second modulator for receiving and for modulating OFDM or OFDMA baseband signals and for providing the second modulator modulated signal to a second transmitter for signal transmission;

a second receiver and a second demodulator for receiving and demodulating OFDM or OFDMA modulated transmitted signal to OFDM or OFDMA baseband signal and for providing the OFDM or OFDMA demodulated baseband signal to a user; and

a control unit for controlling the transmission of one or more of the first bit rate and or second bit rate signals with the location finder signal and for controlling the transmission and or reception of the third bit rate signal.

44. The system of claim 43 wherein said first baseband processor and filter for receiving, processing and filtering a first bit rate signal comprises a first cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband processor and filter and the said second bit rate Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signal comprises a second cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband signal.

45. The system of claim 43 wherein said first baseband processor and filter for receiving, processing and filtering a first bit rate signal and for providing a filtered baseband signal to a third baseband processor comprises a spread spectrum cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband processor for processing and providing spread spectrum cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals to said third baseband processor.

46. The system of claim 43 wherein said Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) baseband signal comprises cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase shaped and filtered baseband signals.