Radio environment analysis apparatus

Abstract

A radio environment analysis apparatus includes a receiver and signal processor. The receiver receives a signal modulated by phase shift keying (PSK) using a pseudo noise (PN) code sequence by an array antenna at a plurality of fixed points on the plane, converts the received signals into intermediate frequencies or demodulated signals, and outputs them. The signal processor processes a signal output from the receiver to analyze the arrival angle, delay time, and relative power of the signal incoming to the receiver. The signal processor has a plurality of normalization units, first estimation unit, arithmetic unit, and second estimation unit. The normalization units individually normalize signals from the receiver and output them as a normalized signal group. The first estimation unit calculates a covariance matrix, and estimates the arrival angle of each incoming signal. The arithmetic unit calculates a weight of the array antenna for suppressing incoming signals except for an incoming signal having the estimated arrival angle, and calculates the product of the weight of the array antenna and the normalized signal group. The second estimation unit calculates a covariance matrix and estimates the delay time and relative power.