Embedded meta-carrier with spread spectrum via overlaid carriers

A communication method for extracting a meta-carrier that is embedded under an original carrier signal, the method comprising:

• receiving a composite carrier signal by a receiving device, the composite carrier signal comprising an original carrier signal and a meta-carrier signal that occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal is extractable at the receiver without demodulating the original carrier signal;
• extracting the meta-carrier signal, the meta-carrier signal comprising meta-data about the original carrier signal including one or more characteristics of the original carrier signal;
• configuring a demodulator at the receiving device to demodulate the original carrier signal based on the meta-data extracted from the meta-carrier signal;
• demodulating the original carrier signal using the demodulator;
• and
• decoding the original carrier signal using a decoder.

A communication system for embedding a meta-carrier under an original carrier signal, the system comprising:

• an encoder that encodes meta-data containing information about an original carrier signal;
• a modulator that receives the encoded meta-data from the encoder, modulates the encoded meta-data separate from the meta-carrier signal, using a modulation format;
• a spreader that receives the modulated meta-carrier signal from the modulator, spreads the modulated meta-carrier such that a spread meta-carrier signal results;
• a meta-carrier embedding device that receives the modulated spread meta-carrier signal, combines the modulated spread meta-carrier signal with a modulated original carrier signal to create a composite carrier signal;
• a transmitter configured to transmit the composite carrier signal;
• wherein the meta-carrier signal is extractable from the composite carrier without demodulating the original carrier signal, contains information about the original carrier signal including one or more characteristics of the original carrier signal, the information configured for use by a receiving device to establish one or more parameters of the receiving device necessary to receive the original carrier signal, and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal.

A communication system for extracting a meta-carrier that is embedded under an original carrier signal, the system comprising:

• a receiving device configured to receive a composite carrier signal, the composite carrier signal comprised of an original carrier signal and a meta-carrier signal that occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal is extractable at the receiver without demodulating the original carrier signal and contains information about the original carrier signal including one or more characteristics of the original carrier signal the information configured for use by the receiving device to establish one or more parameters of the receiving device necessary to receive the original carrier signal;
• a demodulator configured to demodulate the original carrier signal based on the information extracted from the meta-carrier signal;
• and
• a decoder configured to decode the original carrier signal.