Receiver for sideband mitigation communication systems and methods for increasing communication speeds, spectral efficiency and enabling other benefits

• US 9,118,525 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2014
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Falcon Nano, Inc. (Avondale Resources Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Falcon Nano, Inc. (Avondale Resources Corp.)
• Inventors: Hastings, William A. III, Horn, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Torres, Juan A
• Application Number:
  US14/510,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20150055718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 321 Days
• Field of Search: 375/257
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/62 for providing a predistortion of the signal in the transmitter and corresponding correction in the receiver, e.g. for improving the signal/noise ratio
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/02 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the earth or a large mass of water thereon, e.g. earth telegraphy
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/10 by pilot signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2025/03356 Baseband transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2025/03382 Single of vestigal sideband
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03006 Arrangements for removing intersymbol interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03828 Arrangements for spectral shaping; Arrangements for providing signals with specified spectral properties partial response systems H04L25/497
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/08 Modifications for reducing interference; Modifications for reducing effects due to line faults ; Receiver end arrangements for detecting or overcoming line faults
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/18 Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/22 Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/34 Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/0331 with a digital phase-locked loop [PLL] processing binary samples, e.g. add/subtract logic for correction of receiver clock H04L7/0337 takes precedence

Abstract

Common wave and sideband mitigation communication systems and methods are provided that can be used with both wireless and wired communication links. The systems and methods provided can enable faster data rates, greater immunity to noise, increased bandwidth/spectrum efficiency and/or other benefits. Applications include but are not limited to: cell phones, smartphones (e.g., iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.), wireless Internet, local area networks (e.g., WiFi type applications), wide area networks (e.g., WiMAX type applications), personal digital assistants, computers, Internet service providers and communications satellites.

Claims

1. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a receiver that is capable of receiving a channel across a transmission line, the channel having a signal with a neutralizing signal within the signal; and

a circuit that is capable of interpreting the signal with the neutralizing signal that has been injected into the channel signal by changing a characteristic of the channel signal, the neutralizing signal neutralizing one or more sidebands at one or more sideband frequencies of the channel signal wherein the neutralizing signal destructively interferes with the one or more sidebands at one or more sideband frequencies.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a characteristic of the neutralizing signal is determined by a formula in which the data received is input into the formula.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a characteristic of the neutralizing signal is determined by a lookup table in which the data received is used.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuit that changes the characteristic of the channel signal further comprises a demodulator.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuit is a digital signal processor circuit that interprets the signal.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the characteristic of the channel signal is selected from a group consisting of a phase of the channel signal, an amplitude of the channel signal and a frequency of the channel signal.

7. A communications method, comprising:

receiving, by a receiver of a communication apparatus, a channel across a transmission line, the channel having a signal with a neutralizing signal within the signal; and

interpreting the signal that has a neutralizing signal that has been injected into the channel by changing a characteristic of the channel signal, the neutralizing signal neutralizing one or more sidebands at one or more sideband frequencies of the channel signal wherein the neutralizing signal destructively interferes with the one or more sidebands at one or more sideband frequencies.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein determining a characteristic of the neutralizing signal is determined by a formula in which the data received is input into the formula.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein a characteristic of the neutralizing signal is determined by a lookup table in which the data received is used.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein a characteristic of the channel signal is selected from a group consisting of a phase of the channel signal, an amplitude of the channel signal and a frequency of the channel signal.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein interpreting a signal that has a neutralizing signal further comprises performing digital signal processing to interpret the signal that has a neutralizing signal.

12. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a receiver that is capable of receiving a channel across a transmission line, the channel having a sideband neutralized carrier wave having a changed characteristic; and

the receiver further comprises a circuit that receives the sideband neutralized carrier wave having a changed characteristic and recovers a carrier wave from the sideband neutralized carrier wave; and

wherein the circuit that recovers the carrier wave further comprises a circuit that removes a neutralizing signal having a characteristic from the sideband neutralized carrier wave to recover the carrier wave.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the changed characteristic of the carrier wave further comprises a phase of the carrier wave and wherein the circuit that recovers the carrier wave shifts the phase of the carrier wave to generate the carrier wave.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the characteristic of the carrier wave is selected from a group consisting of a phase of the carrier wave, an amplitude of the carrier wave and a frequency of the carrier wave.

15. A communications method, comprising:

receiving, by a receiver of a communication apparatus, a channel across a transmission line, the channel having a sideband neutralized carrier wave having a changed characteristic; and

recovering, by a circuit, a carrier wave from the sideband neutralized carrier wave, wherein recovering the carrier wave further comprises removing a neutralizing signal having a characteristic from the sideband neutralized carrier wave to recover the carrier wave.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the changed characteristic of the carrier wave further comprises a phase of the carrier wave and wherein the circuit that recovers the carrier wave shifts the phase of the carrier wave to generate the carrier wave.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the characteristic of the carrier wave is selected from a group consisting of a phase of the carrier wave, an amplitude of the carrier wave and a frequency of the carrier wave.