Cross-correlation removal of carrier wave jamming signals

• US 7,822,105 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2003
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CSR Technology Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SIRF Technology Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Falk, Henry, Underbrink, Paul, Norman, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan; Chiem M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fotakis; Aristocratis
• Application Number:
  US10/689,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20050047493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,563 Days
• Field of Search: 375/148, 375/285, 375/349, 375/150, 375/149, 375/144, 342/357.2, 342/357.15, 342/357.12, 342/357.06, 370/342, 701/213
• US Class Current: 375/148
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/215 issues related to spoofing
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/246 involving long acquisition integration times, extended snapshots of signals or methods specifically directed towards weak signal acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/29 carrier including Doppler, related G01S19/246 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/30 code related G01S19/246 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/37 Hardware or software details of the signal processing chain
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0223 User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0284 Multiple user address space allocation, e.g. using different base addresses interprocessor communication G06F15/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/544 Buffers; Shared memory; Pipes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7075 with code phase acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7097 Interference-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7107 Subtractive interference cancellation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70715 with application-specific features

Abstract

A receiver capable of receiving a spread spectrum signal and having a crosscorrelator that enables a carrier wave (CW) jamming to be identified, tracked, replicated and removed from the received spread spectrum signal after demodulation of a weak signal has occurred.

Claims

1. A radio receiver apparatus in receipt of a spread spectrum radio signal having a first signal tracking channel and a second signal tracking channel, comprising:

a demodulator that demodulates a first signal in the spread spectrum radio signal into the first signal tracking channel and a second signal in the spread spectrum radio signal into the second signal tracking channel;

a crosscorrelator connected to the first signal tracking channel and the second signal tracking channel;

a first signal processor that identifies a carrier wave jamming signal with the crosscorrelator that is in a mode to identify carrier wave jamming signals by correlation with a fixed predetermined code for a pseudo random number (PRN) code, where the crosscorrelator has a code of all ones for the PRN code;

a first tracker that tracks the carrier wave jamming signal;

a first signal canceller that subtracts a replica of the carrier wave jamming signal from the spread spectrum signal and generates a resultant spread spectrum signal;

a second tracker that tracks the resultant spread spectrum signal;

a second signal canceller that subtracts the resultant spread spectrum signal from the tracked carrier wave jamming signal and produces a clean carrier wave jamming signal; and

a second signal processor connected to the first and second signal cancellers that receives the clean carrier wave jamming signal from the second signal canceller and generates the replica of the carrier wave jamming signal from the clean carrier wave jamming signal.

2. The radio receiver apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second signal generator generates a replica carrier wave jamming signal having a phase from the carrier wave jamming signal having another phase and subtracts the replica carrier wave jamming signal from the spread spectrum signal to cancel the carrier wave jamming signal.

3. The radio receiver apparatus of claim 2, further comprises:

a signal rotator that rotates the phase of the replica carrier wave jamming signal.

4. The radio receiver apparatus of claim 3, wherein the signal rotator adjusts the phase of the replica carrier wave jamming signal to match the other phase of the carrier wave jamming signal in the spread spectrum signal.

5. The radio receiver apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spread spectrum radio signal is a position signal.

6. The radio receiver apparatus of claim 1, wherein the crosscorrelator is at least a 1024 bit wide correlator.

7. The radio receiver apparatus of claim 6, where the crosscorrelator further comprises:

at least one 1024 bit wide match filter.

8. A method of removing a carrier wave jamming signal from a spread spectrum signal having a first signal tracking channel and a second signal tracking channel, comprising:

demodulating a first signal in the spread spectrum radio signal into the first signal tracking channel and a second signal in the spread spectrum radio signal into the second signal tracking channel;

correlating the first signal tracking channel and the second signal tracking channel with a crosscorrelator;

changing the crosscorrelator from a cross correlation identification mode to a carrier wave jamming signal identification mode where the crosscorrelator correlates in the carrier wave jamming signal identification mode with a fixed predetermined code for a pseudo random number (PRN) code;

configuring the crosscorrelator with a code of all ones for the PRN code;

computing a product of the first signal tracking channel and the second signal tracking channel to obtain a carrier wave jamming signal;

tracking the carrier wave jamming signal;

canceling the carrier wave jamming signal from the spread spectrum signal;

generating a resultant spread spectrum signal;

tracking the resultant spread spectrum signal;

canceling the resultant spread spectrum signal from the tracked carrier wave jamming signal;

producing a clean carrier wave jamming signal; and

generating the replica of the carrier wave jamming signal from the clean carrier wave jamming signal.

9. The method of claim 8, where canceling the carrier wave jamming signal further comprising:

generating a replica carrier wave jamming signal having a phase from the carrier wave jamming signal having another phase; and

subtracting the replica carrier wave jamming signal from the spread spectrum signal to cancel the carrier wave jamming signal.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

rotating the phase of the replica carrier wave jamming signal.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

adjusting the phase of the replica carrier wave jamming signal to match the other phase of the carrier wave jamming signal in the spread spectrum signal.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the spread spectrum radio signal is a position signal.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the crosscorrelator is at least a 1024 bit wide correlator.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the crosscorrelator further comprises:

filtering with an at least a 1024 bit wide match filter.

15. A receiver in receipt of a spread spectrum radio signal having a first signal tracking channel and a second signal tracking channel, comprising:

demodulation means for demodulating a first signal in the spread spectrum radio signal into the first signal tracking channel and a second signal in the spread spectrum radio signal into the second signal tracking channel;

correlation means for correlating the first signal tracking channel and the second signal tracking channel;

computation means for computing a product of the first signal tracking channel and the second signal tracking channel to obtain a carrier wave jamming signal, when the correlation means is in a carrier wave jamming identification mode by correlating with a fixed predetermined code for pseudo random number (PRN) code;

means for configuring the correlation means with a code of all ones for the PRN code;

means for tracking the carrier wave jamming signal;

canceling means that cancels the carrier wave jamming signal from the spread spectrum signal;

means for generating a resultant spread spectrum signal;

means for tracking the resultant spread spectrum signal;

means for canceling the resultant spread spectrum signal from the tracked carrier wave jamming signal;

means for producing a clean carrier wave jamming signal; and

means for generating the replica of the carrier wave jamming signal from the clean carrier wave jamming signal.

16. The receiver of claim 15, wherein canceling means further, comprises:

generating means for generation of a replica carrier wave jamming signal having a phase from the carrier wave jamming signal having another phase; and

subtracting means for subtraction of the replica carrier wave jamming signal from the spread spectrum signal to cancel the carrier wave jamming signal.

17. The receiver of claim 16, further comprising:

means for rotating the phase of the replica carrier wave jamming signal.

18. The receiver of claim 17, further comprising:

means for adjusting the phase of the replica carrier wave jamming signal to match the other phase of the carrier wave jamming signal in the spread spectrum signal.

19. The receiver apparatus of claim 15, wherein the spread spectrum radio signal is a positioning signal.

20. The receiver of claim 15, wherein the correlation means is at least a 1024 bit wide correlator.

21. The receiver of claim 20, where the correlation means further includes:

an at least a 1024 bit wide match filter.