Systems and methods for reducing narrow bandwidth interference contained in broad bandwidth signals
US8614940B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J11/0066
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Under one aspect of the present invention, a system for processing a group of signals and interference includes (a) an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for digitizing the group of signals and the interference; (b) a Fourier transform circuit for obtaining a Fourier transform of the digitized group of signals and the interference and to provide as output spectral bins, at least one of which contains the interference; (c) a power analysis circuit for comparing the collective power level of the spectral bins to a predetermined threshold, and if the collective power level exceeds the predetermined threshold, and for excising at least one bin that contains the interference; and (d) an inverse Fourier transform circuit for obtaining an inverse Fourier transform of the remaining spectral bins and outputting a digitized group of signals less the interference in any excised spectral bin.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.