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US 2017/0093035 A1Published application
Time-Based and Frequency-Based Radio Beamforming Waveform Transmission
AssigneeThe Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsRyan Elwell, Mark Govoni
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described that relate to radio beamforming waveform transmission. Transmission can occur, for example, in three manners. The first manner is time-based where waveform transmission is staggered at the same frequency. The second manner is frequency-based where different frequencies are used at one time. This third manner is a combination of time and frequency such that simultaneous transmission occurs, but at different times different frequencies are used.
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A system, comprising:
- a first transmitter configured to transmit a first radio beamforming waveform;
- and
- a second transmitter configured to transmit a second radio beamforming waveform,
- where the first transmitter is configured to transmit the first radio beamforming waveform and the second transmitter is configured to transmit the second radio beamforming waveform, at least in part, concurrently,
- where the first transmitter is configured to transmit the first radio beamforming waveform in a frequency band,
- where the second transmitter is configured to transmit the second radio beamforming waveform in the frequency band, and
- where the first transmitter and the second transmitter are non-synchronous with regard to time and frequency.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of receivers comprising:
- a first receiver configured to receive a response to a first radio beamforming waveform;
- and
- a second receiver configured to receive a response to the second radio beamforming waveform,
- where a first transmitter of a plurality of transmitters is configured to transmit a first radio beamforming waveform,
- where a second transmitter of the plurality of transmitters is configured to transmit a second radio beamforming waveform,
- where the first transmitter is configured to transmit the first radio beamforming waveform and the second transmitter is configured to transmit the second radio beamforming waveform, at least in part, simultaneously,
- where the first transmitter is configured to transmit the first radio beamforming waveform in a frequency band,
- where the second transmitter is configured to transmit the second radio beamforming waveform in the frequency band, and
- where the first transmitter and the second transmitter are non-synchronous to one another with regard to time and frequency.
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A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by way of a first transmitter that is part of a plurality of transmitters, a first radio beamforming waveform;
- transmitting, by way of a second transmitter that is part of the plurality of transmitters, a second radio beamforming waveform;
- receiving, by way of a first receiver that is part of a plurality of receivers, a response to the first radio beamforming waveform, which is transmitted by way of the first transmitter;
- receiving, by way of a second receiver that is part of the plurality of receivers, a response to the second radio beamforming waveform, which is transmitted by way of the second transmitter;
- processing the response to the first radio beamforming waveform by way of channelization of the first radio beamforming waveform through partitioning of the first radio beamforming waveform into a number of channels that is at least equal to a number of transmitters in the plurality of transmitters;
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- processing the response to the second radio beamforming waveform by way of channelization of the second radio beamforming waveform through partitioning of the second radio beamforming waveform into a number of channels that is at least equal to a number of transmitters in the plurality of transmitters.
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