Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Gina M Reyes

Shubha L Kadambe

Jason A Fuemmeler

Robert J Frank

Carlos J Chavez

Michael N Newhouse

W Sam Spencer

James H Doty

Patrick Y Hwang

Gary A McGraw

Guolin Peng

Raymond A Kamin

Jason H Timmerman

William S Spencer

A method and system. The method includes receiving at least one signal and measuring at least one physical layer feature of the at least one signal. The method further includes determining that the at least one signal originated from an emitter of an aircraft based on the at least one measured physical layer feature of the at least one signal.

Verification of aircraft emitter

Systems and related methods for simultaneous high precision synchronization and syntonization of multiple sensors or clocks utilize a precision estimator that receives clock signals and time mark signals from both sensors (a reference sensor and a clock to be measured against the reference sensor). A precision time and frequency estimator determines a time offset, frequency offset, and phase offset of the measured sensor relative to the reference sensor. Associated systems can additionally determine the propagation delay between two remote subsystems connected by a communications channel. The communications channel may be a bidirectional duplexed or multiplexed channel allowing for mutual exchange of timing information along a single non-dedicated cable between sensors. Sensors may be synchronized to within 10 ps of each other without the need for THz clocks or fiber-optic cabling.

Picosecond clock synchronization technique for communication and navigation platform equipment

Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating the features of a radio frequency signal including a reference signal generator configured for generating a reference signal from a complex signal and one or more feature estimation units configured to generate one or more feature estimates from the reference signal and the complex signal. Techniques for creating reference signals from both signals spread by a scrambling code and FM signals are discussed.

Referenced-based radio frequency feature estimation

An apparatus and method for signal separation and SINR improvement is disclosed. In particular, disclosed is an iterative technique whereby a noisy signal, that may include signals from one or more distinct emitters, is first improved through an SINR improvement technique. Next, one signal from the noisy signal is identified and a reference signal substantially free of noise and interference is generated for this signal, and then this reference signal is subtracted from the noisy signal. This process is repeated until no other signals may be identified. In this way, the signal with the highest SINR may be identified first and then removed from the original signal. As such, the identified signal is no longer present as interference for the remaining signals, thus improving each of the remaining signals' respective SINRs.

Signal separation and SINR enhancement

An apparatus for identifying a specific emitter in the presence of noise and/or interference is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense radio frequency signal data, the signal data containing noise and signal from at least one emitter, a reference estimation unit configured to estimate a reference signal relating to the signal transmitted by one emitter, a feature estimation unit configured to generate one or more estimates of one or more feature from the reference signal and the signal transmitted by that particular emitter, and an emitter identifier configured to identify the signal transmitted by that particular emitter as belonging to a specific device using one or more feature estimates. The emitter identifier identifies the signal transmitted by that particular emitter as belonging to a specific device using Gaussian Mixture Models and the Bayesian decision engine.

System for specific emitter identification

An apparatus for identifying a scrambling code used in the received CDMA-based signal. The apparatus includes a frame timing estimation unit configured to estimate a frame timing of the received CDMA-based signal, a searching unit configured to search for and select a scrambling code seed based on at least the estimated frame timing, and a seed evaluation unit configured to determine if the selected scrambling code seed is the correct seed used in the received CDMA-based signal. The searching unit is further configured to provide an identified scrambling code seed based on an indication from the seed evaluation unit that the selected scrambling code seed is the correct seed. The apparatus may also include a scrambling code generator configured to generate the scrambling code from the identified seed.

Identifying a CDMA scrambling code

An apparatus for identifying a specific emitter in the presence of noise and/or interference is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense radio frequency signal data, the signal data containing noise and signal from at least one emitter, a reference estimation unit configured to estimate a reference signal relating to the signal transmitted by one emitter, a feature estimation unit configured to generate one or more estimates of one or more feature from the reference signal and the signal transmitted by that particular emitter, and an emitter identifier configured to identify the signal transmitted by that particular emitter as belonging to a specific device using one or more feature estimates. The emitter identifier identifies the signal transmitted by that particular emitter as belonging to a specific device using Gaussian Mixture Models and the Bayesian decision engine. The apparatus may also include an SINR enhancement unit configured to enhance the SINR of the data before the reference estimation unit estimates the reference signal.

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Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Gina M Reyes