Multi-waveform steering vector computation engine

One or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out for computation of steering vectors, the process comprising:

• converting time domain data to channelized frequency domain data, the time domain data received from an antenna array and stored in a first memory, the channelized frequency domain data stored in a second memory;
• receiving a request from a signal detection system, the request including a timestamp and duration of a detected signal of interest (SOI) and an indication that the SOI is a pulsed SOI or a continuous SOI;
• generating, in response to the indication that the SOI is the pulsed SOI, steering vectors to steer the antenna array to the pulsed SOI based on a segment of the time domain data stored in the first memory and identified by the time stamp and the duration;
• and
• generating, in response to the indication that the SOI is the continuous SOI, steering vectors to steer the antenna array to the continuous SOI based on a segment of the channelized frequency domain data stored in the second memory and identified by the time stamp and the duration.

A method for computation of steering vectors, the method comprising:

• converting, by a processor-based system, time domain data to channelized frequency domain data, the time domain data received from an antenna array and stored in a first memory, the channelized frequency domain data stored in a second memory;
• receiving, by the processor-based system, a request from a signal detection system, the request including a timestamp and duration of a detected signal of interest (SOI) and an indication that the SOI is a pulsed SOI or a continuous SOI;
• generating, by the processor-based system, in response to the indication that the SOI is the pulsed SOI, steering vectors to steer the antenna array to the pulsed SOI based on a segment of the time domain data stored in the first memory and identified by the time stamp and the duration;
• and
• generating, by the processor-based system, in response to the indication that the SOI is the continuous SOI, steering vectors to steer the antenna array to the continuous SOI based on a segment of the channelized frequency domain data stored in the second memory and identified by the time stamp and the duration.