Method and system for identifying transmitter usage characteristics

A system for identifying transmitter usage characteristics of at least one transmitter of a plurality of transmitters, the system comprising:

• an antenna array including a plurality of dual polarized antennas, each antenna in said antenna array receiving signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters, each one of said transmitters transmitting over a same frequency band and according to a same transmission protocol, each one of said transmitters being associated with unique multi-access information;
• a reference antenna receiving a signal from a base station, said base station employing said transmission protocol, said signal from said base station including a control transmission, said control transmission including said unique multi-access information respective of said transmitters;
• a plurality of receivers, each coupled with a respective dual polarized antenna in said antenna array, each receiving a respective electric received signal from the respective dual polarized antenna, producing a respective sampled received signal;
• a reference receiver coupled with said reference antenna, receiving from said reference antenna said reference electric received signal from said reference antenna and producing a sampled reference received signal;
• a processor coupled with each one of said plurality of receivers and with said reference receiver, receiving said sampled reference received signal from said reference receiver and a plurality of sampled received signals from said receivers, said processor determining multi-access information respective of each of said transmitters from said sampled reference received signal, said processor associating between each one of said transmitters and the respective multi-access information, said processor further identifying said transmitter usage characteristics of said at least one transmitter according to a received transmission from said at least one transmitter, said transmitter usage characteristics including transmitter location characteristics and transmission characteristics, said transmission characteristics includes at least one of:
• transmission start time;
• transmission end time;
• transmission duration;
• and
• volume of transmitted data;
• wherein said transmitter location characteristics include at least one of:
• a direction of said at least one transmitter;
• a location of said at least one transmitter in a reference coordinate system;
• a direction of said at least one transmitter to a selected point of reference in the reference coordinate system;
• a location of said at least one transmitter relative to said selected point of reference in the reference coordinate system;
• and
• motion characteristics of said at least one transmitter.