Method and apparatus for high data rate wireless communications over wavefield spaces

An apparatus for communicating information from one location to another through a wavefield space having time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising:

• a transmitter having a terminal configured to receive a message corresponding to first information and to encode a plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a first plurality of antennas coupled to the transmitter and configured to transmit the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a second plurality of antennas configured to receive the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• and
• a receiver coupled to the second plurality of antennas and configured to decode the plurality of signals associated with the message to reconstruct the first information, wherein the receiver has incomplete advance knowledge of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the wavefield space;
• wherein
• the multi-dimensional communication protocol is at least a three-dimensional communication protocol;
• the transmitter includes a plurality of transmit modules that each encode at least a portion of the message;
• and
• the receiver includes a plurality of receiver modules that each decode complementary portions of the message to reconstruct the first information using the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the wavefield space.

An apparatus for communicating information from one location to another through a wavefield space having time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising:

• a transmitter having a terminal configured to receive a message corresponding to first information and to encode a plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a first plurality of antennas coupled to the transmitter and configured to transmit the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a second plurality of antennas configured to receive the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• and
• a receiver coupled to the second plurality of antennas and configured to decode the plurality of signals associated with the message to reconstruct the first information, wherein the receiver has incomplete advance knowledge of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the wavefield space, and the receiver is configured to execute a statistical procedure based on multiresolution wavelet signal processing to decode the plurality of signals.

An apparatus for communicating information from one location to another though a multi-path wavefield space having time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising:

• a first transceiver having a terminal configured to receive a message corresponding to first information and to encode a plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a first plurality of antennas coupled to the first transceiver and configured to transmit the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a second plurality of antennas configured to receive the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• and
• a second transceiver coupled to the second plurality of antennas and configured to decode the plurality of signals associated with the message based at least in part on a decomposition of essential degrees of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the multi-path space to reconstruct the first information, the second transceiver using incomplete advance knowledge of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the multi-path wavefield space to decode the plurality of signals.

A method of communicating information from one location to another though a multi-path space having time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising the steps of:

• receiving a message at an input terminal corresponding to first information;
• encoding a plurality of signals associated with the message using an encoder;
• transmitting the plurality of signals associated with the message using a first plurality of antennas;
• receiving the plurality of signals associated with the message using a second plurality of antennas;
• and
• decoding the plurality of signals associated with the message to reconstruct the first information using a receiver, wherein the decoding step uses incomplete advance knowledge of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the multi-path space;
• and
• wherein the decoding step is based at least in part on a decomposition of essential degrees of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the multi-path space.

An apparatus for communicating information from one location to another though a multi-path space having time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising:

• means for receiving a message at an input terminal corresponding to first information;
• means for encoding a plurality of signals associated with the message;
• means for transmitting the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• means for receiving the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• and
• means for decoding the plurality of signals associated with the message to reconstruct the first information, wherein the means for decoding decodes the plurality of signals based at least in part on a decomposition of selected degrees of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the multi-path space using incomplete advance knowledge of the time-selective, frequency-selective and space-selective attributes of the multi-path space.

An apparatus for communicating information from one location to another through a wavefield space using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising:

• a transmitter having a terminal configured to receive a message corresponding to first information and to encode a plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a first plurality of antennas coupled to the transmitter and configured to transmit the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a second plurality of antennas configured to receive the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• and
• a receiver coupled to the second plurality of antennas and configured to decode the plurality of signals associated with the message to reconstruct the first information, wherein the receiver has no advance knowledge of at least one of the dimensions of the multi-dimensional protocol;
• wherein the receiver is configured to execute a statistical procedure to identify and decode the plurality of signals;
• wherein the receiver is configured to execute a generalized likelihood detection procedure to identify the plurality of signals and then execute a maximum likelihood detection procedure to decode the plurality of signals;
• and
• wherein the receiver is configured to estimate the wavefield space using a virtual wavefield space that approximates the wavefield space.

An apparatus for communicating information from one location to another though a multi-path wavefield space using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising:

• a first transceiver having a terminal configured to receive a message corresponding to first information and to encode a plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a first plurality of antennas coupled to the first transceiver and configured to transmit the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• a second plurality of antennas configured to receive the plurality of signals associated with the message;
• and
• a second transceiver coupled to the second plurality of antennas and configured to decode the plurality of signals associated with the message to reconstruct the first information, wherein the second transceiver has no advance knowledge of at least one of the dimensions of the multi-dimensional protocol;
• wherein the second transceiver is configured to execute a statistical procedure to identify and decode the plurality of signals;
• wherein the second transceiver is configured to execute a generalized likelihood detection procedure to identify the plurality of signals and then execute a maximum likelihood detection procedure to decode the plurality of signals;
• and
• wherein the second transceiver is configured to estimate the wavefield space using a virtual wavefield space that approximates the wavefield space.

A method of communicating information from one location to another though a multi-path wavefield space using a multi-dimensional communication protocol comprising the steps of:

• receiving a message at an input terminal corresponding to first information;
• encoding a plurality of signals associated with the message using an encoder;
• transmitting the plurality of signals associated with the message using a first plurality of antennas;
• receiving the plurality of signals associated with the message using a second plurality of antennas;
• and
• decoding the plurality of signals associated with the message to reconstruct the first information using a receiver, wherein the decoding step uses no advance knowledge of at least one of the dimensions of the multi-dimensional protocol;
• wherein the decoding step includes the step of executing a statistical procedure to identify and decode the plurality of signals;
• wherein the decoding step includes the step of executing a generalized likelihood detection procedure to identify the plurality of signals and then executing a maximum likelihood detection procedure to decode the plurality of signals;
• and
• wherein the decoding step includes the step of estimating the wavefield space using a virtual wavefield space that approximates the wavefield space.