Systems and methods for enhanced reception

US11156708B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AVIATION COMMUNICATION & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert John McCullen · Queen Creek, US
• Benjamin Jeffrey Paulson · Phoenix, US
• Mark D. Smith · Gunter, US
• James R. Troxel · Glendale, US
• Gregory T. Stayton · Peoria, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/0854
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various communication systems may benefit from enhanced reception methods. For example, various transponders and surveillance systems may benefit from reception methods that can distinguish between overlapping pulses from multiple sources. A method can include receiving, at an antenna, a first series of pulses from a first source. The method can also include receiving, at the antenna, a second series of pulses from a second source. The first series and the second series can at least partially overlap each other. The method can further include de-interleaving the first series from the second series using at least one non-time-domain technique.