Ad hoc RF network structures and methods

A signal acquisition subsystem configured to intercept and analyze an incident pulse signal over a broad spatial angle, the signal acquisition subsystem comprising:

• a digital data encoder configured to synthesize a data pattern;
• a pulse generator configured to modulate a set of subcarriers by the data pattern, wherein the pulse generator produces an analog pulse signal;
• a sender beamformer circuit comprising in-memory computing circuitry and configurable for transmission of the analog pulse signal with a spatial beam;
• a plurality of RF antennas capable of producing a plurality of overlapping wide-beam antenna gain patterns;
• one or more power detector circuits operatively connected to the outputs of the plurality of RF antennas, wherein the power detector circuits are adapted to detect the incident pulse signal;
• one or more parameter measurement circuits operatively connected to the outputs of the power detector circuits, wherein said parameter measurement circuits are adapted to measure parameters of the incident pulse signal comprising angle-of-arrival (AOA) and time-of-arrival (TOA);
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• a receiver beamformer circuit comprising in-memory computing circuitry and configurable for reception of one or more of the incident pulse signals.

A system-on-a-chip (SOC) for an RF pulse signal communications network, the system-on-a-chip comprising:

• a first memristor circuit comprising a multiplicity of memristor elements, wherein the first memristor circuit is programmed to effect phase-controlled beamforming and is operatively coupled to an antenna array;
• a second memristor circuit comprising a multiplicity of memristor elements, wherein the second memristor circuit is programmed to demodulate a set of subcarriers, and wherein the second memristor circuit is operatively coupled to the first memristor circuit;
• a third memristor circuit comprising a multiplicity of memristor elements, wherein the third memristor circuit is programmed to detect the incidence of a pulse signal;
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• a parameter measurement circuit operatively coupled to the third memristor circuit, wherein said parameter measurement circuit is adapted to the measurement of the pulse signal AOA and TOA.