Calibration system and method
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a receiver system, a modulated carrier signal, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer, wherein the receiver system comprises an onboard signal source, the method further comprising generating the modulated carrier signal by modulating a signal provided from the onboard signal source of the receiver system;
routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal;
receiving the processed signal at the digitizer;
digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer; and
determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal.
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Abstract
Receiving a modulated carrier signal that is modulated using a reference signal, wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer. Further including routing the modulated carrier signal through a receiver system to generate a processed signal, receiving the processed signal at the digitizer, digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer, and determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a receiver system, a modulated carrier signal, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer, wherein the receiver system comprises an onboard signal source, the method further comprising generating the modulated carrier signal by modulating a signal provided from the onboard signal source of the receiver system; routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal; receiving the processed signal at the digitizer; digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer; and determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a receiver system configured to; receive a modulated a carrier signal, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer, wherein the receiver system comprises an onboard signal source, and wherein the receiver system is configured to generate the modulated carrier signal by modulating a signal provided from the onboard signal source; and route the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal; and the digitizer, configured to; receive the processed signal; digitize the processed signal; and determine a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instruction stored thereon, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer to cause:
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receiving, at a receiver system, a modulated carrier signal wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to the start of an acquisition within the digitizer, wherein the receiver system comprises an onboard signal source, and wherein the program instructions are further executable to cause generating the modulated carrier signal by modulating a signal provided from the onboard signal source of the receiver system; routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal; receiving the processed signal at the digitizer; digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer; and determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system, comprising:
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a downconverter receiver system configured to; modulate a carrier signal generated from an onboard signal source of the downconverter receiver system, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal provided from a digitizer such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to the start of an acquisition within the digitizer; and route the modulated carrier signal through a receiver device of the downconverter receiver system to generate a processed signal; wherein the digitizer is configured to; receive the processed signal; digitize the processed signal; and determine a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the downconverter receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal.
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26. A system, comprising:
a digitizer configured to; provide a reference signal to a downconverter receiver system, wherein the downconverter receiver system is configured to; modulate a carrier signal generated from an onboard signal source of the downconverter receiver system, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using the reference signal provided from the digitizer such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to the start of an acquisition within the digitizer; and route the modulated carrier signal through a receiver device of the downconverter receiver system to generate a processed signal; receive the processed signal; digitize the processed signal; and determine a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the downconverter receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal.
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27. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a receiver system, a modulated carrier signal, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer; routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal; receiving the processed signal at the digitizer; digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer; determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal; and wherein the carrier signal is modulated across a plurality of frequencies across an analysis bandwidth of a downconverter such that said receiving the modulated carrier signal, said routing, said receiving the processed signal, said digitizing, and said determining a delay are repeated for a plurality of frequencies across an analysis bandwidth of the receiver system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system, comprising:
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a receiver system configured to; modulate a carrier signal using a reference signal, thereby generating a modulated carrier signal; receive the modulated a carrier signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer; and route the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal; and the digitizer, configured to; receive the processed signal; digitize the processed signal; and determine a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal; wherein the carrier signal is modulated across a plurality of frequencies across an analysis bandwidth of a downconverter such that modulating, routing, receiving, digitizing and determining a delay are repeated for a plurality of frequencies across the analysis bandwidth of the downconverter. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instruction stored thereon, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer to cause:
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receiving, at a receiver system, a modulated carrier signal wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to the start of an acquisition within the digitizer; routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal; receiving the processed signal at the digitizer; digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer; determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal; and wherein the carrier signal is modulated across a plurality of frequencies across an analysis bandwidth of a downconverter such that execution of the program instructions causes the receiving, routing, receiving, digitizing and determining a delay to be repeated for a plurality of frequencies across an analysis bandwidth of the receiver system. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a receiver system, a modulated carrier signal, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer; routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal, wherein the receiver system comprises a downconverter, and wherein said routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal comprises routing the modulated carrier signal through the downconverter to generate a processed signal that is a downconversion of the modulated carrier signal; receiving the processed signal at the digitizer; digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer; and determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A system, comprising:
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a receiver system configured to; receive a modulated a carrier signal, wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to a start of an acquisition within the digitizer; and route the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal, wherein the receiver system comprises a downconverter, and wherein to route the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal, the receiver system is configured to route the modulated carrier signal through the downconverter to generate a processed signal that is a downconversion of the modulated carrier signal; and the digitizer, configured to; receive the processed signal; digitize the processed signal; and determine a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instruction stored thereon, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer to cause:
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receiving, at a receiver system, a modulated carrier signal wherein the carrier signal is modulated using a reference signal, and wherein an acquisition by a digitizer is synced to the reference signal such that the modulated carrier signal has known timing with respect to the start of an acquisition within the digitizer, wherein the receiver system comprises a downconverter, and wherein said routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal comprises routing the modulated carrier signal through the downconverter to generate a processed signal that is a downconversion of the modulated carrier signal; routing the modulated carrier signal through the receiver system to generate a processed signal; receiving the processed signal at the digitizer; digitizing the processed signal at the digitizer; and determining a delay of the modulated carrier signal routed through the receiver system based on the timing of the processed signal. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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