Phase-optimized constant envelope transmission (POCET) method, apparatus and system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of component signals, comprising:
- a synthesizer configured to generated a carrier signal; and
electronics configured to modulate the carrier signal utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to combine three or more component signals, each having two or more possible phases to generate and maintain the constant envelope composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes the constant envelope of the composite signal, subject to a plurality of intra-signal constraints for the component signals,wherein said optimization process includes optimization of an objective function of the constant envelope of the composite signal.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for generating a composite signal includes electronics configured to modulate a carrier utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to generate a composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes a constant envelope for the phase modulated carrier, subject to constraints on desired signal power levels of the signals to be combined and either zero or one or more relative phase relationships between the signals. The apparatus and method can be extended to generating an optimized composite signal of different frequencies.
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54 Claims
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1. An apparatus for generating a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of component signals, comprising:
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a synthesizer configured to generated a carrier signal; and electronics configured to modulate the carrier signal utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to combine three or more component signals, each having two or more possible phases to generate and maintain the constant envelope composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes the constant envelope of the composite signal, subject to a plurality of intra-signal constraints for the component signals, wherein said optimization process includes optimization of an objective function of the constant envelope of the composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for generating a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of component signals, comprising:
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a synthesizer configured to generated a carrier signal; and electronics configured to modulate the carrier signal utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to combine three or more component signals, each having two or more possible phases to generate and maintain the constant envelope composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes the constant envelope of the composite signal, subject to a plurality of constraints on desired signal power levels for the component signals, wherein said optimization process includes optimization of an objective function of the constant envelope of the composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for generating a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of component signals, comprising the steps of:
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generating a carrier signal; and modulating the carrier signal utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to combine three or more component signals, each having two or more possible phases to generate the constant envelope composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes the constant envelope of the composite signal, while maintaining a plurality of constraints on desired signal power levels for the component signals, and zero or more constraints on phase relationships between the component signals, wherein said optimization process includes optimization of an objective function of the constant envelope of the composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for forming a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of N component signals, comprising the steps of:
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enumerating MN phase states for combining the N component signals, each having M possible signal phases, where N is a positive integer ≧
3 and M is a positive integer ≧
2;formulating N intra-signal constraint equations, each as a function of the MN phase states, to provide intra-signal constraints on the component signals; formulating K inter-signal constraint equations, where 0≦
K≦
N(N−
1)/2, each as a function of the MN phase states, to provide inter-signal constraints between the component signals;performing an optimization process to minimize the constant envelope composite signal, subject to the intra-signal constraints on the component signals and the inter-signal constraints between the component signals; and modulating a Radio Frequency (RF) carrier using the phase states determined through the optimization process to produce the constant envelope composite signal from the N component signals, wherein performing said optimization process includes optimization of an objective function that minimizes the constant envelope of the composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for forming a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of N component signals, comprising the steps of:
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enumerating MN phase states for combining the N component signals, each having M possible signal phases, where N is a positive integer ≧
3 and M is a positive integer ≧
2;formulating N intra-signal constraint equations, each as a function of the MN phase states, to provide intra-signal constraints on the component signals; formulating K inter-signal constraint equations, where 0≦
K≦
N(N−
1)/2, each as a function of the MN phase states, to provide inter-signal constraints between the component signals;performing an optimization process to minimize the constant envelope composite signal, subject to the intra-signal constraints on the component signals and the inter-signal constraints between the component signals; modulating a Radio Frequency (RF) carrier using the phase states determined through the optimization process to produce the constant envelope composite signal from the N component signals; and performing additional said optimization processes for different carrier frequencies, wherein a number of additional said optimizations performed corresponds to a number of phase steps associated with the different carrier frequencies, and wherein the number of phase steps associated with the different carrier frequencies is determined by quantizing the continuous phase rotation of the RF carrier to ensure a negligible correlation loss.
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53. An apparatus for generating a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of component signals, comprising:
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a synthesizer configured to generated a carrier signal; and electronics configured to modulate the carrier signal utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to combine three or more component signals, each having two or more possible phases to generate and maintain the constant envelope composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes an objective function comprising the constant envelope of the composite signal, subject to a plurality of intra-signal constraints for the component signals, wherein the electronics include a modulator configured to utilize multiple finite sets of optimized phase tables, determined through additional said optimization processes to accommodate different carrier frequencies, wherein a number of additional said optimizations performed corresponds to a number of phase steps associated with the component signals at a plurality of different carrier frequencies, and wherein the number of phase steps associated with the different carrier frequencies is determined by quantizing the continuous phase rotation of the carrier to ensure a negligible correlation loss.
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54. An apparatus for generating a constant envelope composite signal from a plurality of component signals, comprising:
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a synthesizer configured to generated a carrier signal; and electronics configured to modulate the carrier signal utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to combine three or more component signals, each having two or more possible phases to generate and maintain the constant envelope composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes an objective function comprising the constant envelope of the composite signal, subject to a plurality of constraints on desired signal power levels for the component signals, wherein the electronics include a modulator configured to utilize multiple finite sets of optimized phase tables, determined through additional said optimization processes, to accommodate different carrier frequencies, wherein a number of additional said optimizations performed corresponds to a number of phase steps associated with the component signals at a plurality of different carrier frequencies, and wherein the number of phase steps associated with the different carrier frequencies is determined by quantizing the continuous phase rotation of the carrier to ensure a negligible correlation loss.
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