Undulating transmit patterns to support signal separation at a receiver
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1. A communications system comprising:
- at least one fixed transmitter for transmitting a source signal defined by a character set comprising a plurality of symbols, and at least one of the symbols in the character set being transmitted at a different power level so that the transmitted source signal appears with L linearly independent power level time periods, where L≧
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a mobile wireless communications device for separating source signals provided by M signal sources, where M≧
2, and with said at least one transmitter providing one of the M source signals with the L linearly independent power level time periods, said wireless communications device comprisingan antenna array comprising N antenna elements for receiving at least N different summations of the M source signals, where N≧
1,a receiver coupled to said antenna array for receiving the at least N different summations of the M source signals, anda signal separation processor coupled to said receiver for forming a mixing matrix comprising the at least N different summations of the M source signals, the mixing matrix having a rank equal to at least L*N, said signal separation processor for separating desired source signals from the mixing matrix.
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Abstract
A communications system includes a fixed transmitter and a mobile wireless communications device. The fixed transmitter transmits a source signal defined by a character set made up of symbols. At least one of the symbols in the character set is transmitted at a different power level so that the transmitted source signal appears with linearly independent power level time periods. The linearly independent power level time periods are used by the mobile wireless communications device to populate a mixing matrix for signal separation processing.
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1. A communications system comprising:
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at least one fixed transmitter for transmitting a source signal defined by a character set comprising a plurality of symbols, and at least one of the symbols in the character set being transmitted at a different power level so that the transmitted source signal appears with L linearly independent power level time periods, where L≧
2; anda mobile wireless communications device for separating source signals provided by M signal sources, where M≧
2, and with said at least one transmitter providing one of the M source signals with the L linearly independent power level time periods, said wireless communications device comprisingan antenna array comprising N antenna elements for receiving at least N different summations of the M source signals, where N≧
1,a receiver coupled to said antenna array for receiving the at least N different summations of the M source signals, and a signal separation processor coupled to said receiver for forming a mixing matrix comprising the at least N different summations of the M source signals, the mixing matrix having a rank equal to at least L*N, said signal separation processor for separating desired source signals from the mixing matrix. - 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 communications system comprising;
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at least one transmitter for transmitting a spread spectrum source signal defined by symbols, each symbol comprising a plurality of chips based upon a spreading code, and a portion of the chips within each symbol being transmitted at different power levels so that the transmitted source signal appears with L linearly independent power level time periods, where L≧
2; anda mobile wireless communications device for separating source signals provided by M signal sources, where M≧
2, and with said at least one transmitter providing one of the M source signals with the L linearly independent power level time periods, said wireless communications device comprisingan antenna array comprising N antenna elements for receiving at least N different summations of the M source signals, where N≧
1,a receiver coupled to said antenna array for receiving the at least N different summations of the M source signals, and a signal separation processor coupled to said receiver for forming a mixing matrix comprising the at least N different summations of the M source signals, the mixing matrix having a rank equal to at least L*N, said signal separation processor for separating desired source signals from the mixing matrix. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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