Small-signal centric scalable, massive signal processing gain architecture

An apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of antenna elements configured to receive a quantity M of receive signal components associated with a first signal transmitted from a terminal in a first frequency range, wherein the first signal comprises a receive message;
• a plurality of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) configured to amplify a second frequency range of the quantity M of receive signal components to obtain a quantity M of amplified receive signal components, wherein each LNA of the plurality of LNAs is coupled with a respective antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements, and wherein the second frequency range comprises the first frequency range and has a bandwidth that is at least two times greater than a bandwidth of the first frequency range;
• a plurality of analog to digital converters (ADCs) coupled with the plurality of LNAs, wherein the plurality of ADCs are configured to digitize the quantity M of amplified receive signal components over the second frequency range to obtain a quantity M of digitized receive signal components, and wherein a sampling frequency of each of the plurality of ADCs is at least four times higher than a highest frequency of the second frequency range;
• and
• a controller coupled with the plurality of ADCs, the controller configured to:
• obtain the quantity M of digitized receive signal components from the plurality of ADCs;
• apply a digital filter to each of the quantity M of digitized receive signal components to obtain a quantity M of filtered receive signal components;
• apply a combining function to the quantity M of filtered receive signal components to obtain a second signal, wherein the quantity M represents a quantity of independent pathways for receiving the first signal;
• and
• decode the receive message from the second signal.