The Boeing Company

Ely V Soto

Aleksandar Jovancevic

James Chris Rector

Daniel Weigand

A method of signal processing includes receiving samples of a signal and processing the samples using a time-windowed transform function to generate spectral data corresponding to each time window. The method includes generating first spectrogram data based on magnitudes of the spectral data and generating second spectrogram data based on phase differences of the spectral data. The method further includes combining the first spectrogram data and the second spectrogram data to generate a combined spectrogram and processing the combined spectrogram to generate output.

Device to process sample using a time-windowed transform function to generate spectral data and to use combined magnitude and phase spectrograms

Methods for: (1) extracting Doppler/velocity measurements; (2) estimating relative clock bias errors; (3) determining range and velocity estimates with associated confidences; and (4) extracting range estimates using channel estimation are disclosed. These methods can be used separately or combined to improve positioning solutions obtained by positioning systems used in indoor locations and other GPS-denied environments.

Positioning in indoor locations and other GPS-denied environments

A system and method for acquiring a frequency hopped spread spectrum (FHSS) signal with no prior knowledge about the FHSS signal. In example implementations, an RF signal is received at a receiver. The RF signal is converted into a stream of digital signal levels. Energy detections are identified in the stream of digital signal as possible hops of a FHSS signal. A feature set is blindly acquired for defining an FHSS signal from the energy detections. At least one waveform classification is generated based on the feature set. Energy detections are re-acquired from the RF signal based on the waveform classification.

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