L-3 Communications Corporation

Michael D Pulsipher

Thomas R Giallorenzi

Eric K Hall

Marc J Russon

Osama Sami Haddadin

L Andrew Gibson

David S Nelson

Kyle L Henderson

Kent M Erickson

An emergency locating system can include emergency transceivers and locator transceivers. The emergency transceivers can be capable of transmission of spread-spectrum encoded messages, and can be actuated by a user to send a distress message. A locator transceiver can be capable of receiving the distress messages and performing two-way ranging to determine a distance between the locator transceiver and the emergency transceiver.

Emergency locating system and method using spread-spectrum transceiver

An emergency locating system can include emergency transceivers and rescue transceivers. The emergency transceivers can be capable of repeat transmission of a distress message using a variable power level and variable spreading factor. A receive transceiver can be capable of receiving the distress messages and sending a confirmation message to the emergency transceiver. The emergency transceiver can be capable of receiving the confirmation message and terminating transmission of the distress message.

Low probability of detection emergency signaling system and method

A circuit for single or parallel digital fractional interpolation of data samples has a fractional interpolator filter, an oscillator for outputting timing signals to the fractional interpolator filter, and a detector loop with a strobe feedback from the oscillator for outputting a frequency adjustment to the oscillator. Three different approaches are shown to determine the frequency adjustment. One approach is to generate a pulse based on the symbol clock, and measure the differences between the pulse and the strobe and between the strobe and the pulse. The smaller is the frequency adjustment. Another approach is to adjust the strobe period to match the symbol clock period. A third approach is to add an oscillator-driven clock to the symbol clock and integrate the sum over a symbol clock period to generate the frequency adjustment. Preferably, the interpolator filter takes N parallel inputs and samples each in parallel based on a plurality of oscillator timing signals, each corrected with reference to the frequency adjustment.

Parallel fractional interpolator with data-rate clock synchronization

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Michael D Pulsipher