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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Yonghong Zeng, Singapore, SG;
Ying-chang Liang, Singapore, SG;
Yonghong Zeng, Singapore, SG;
Ying-Chang Liang, Singapore, SG;
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method of determining as to whether a received signal includes an information signal is provided. The method provided includes determining a covariance matrix from a received signal and transforming the covariance matrix into a transformed covariance matrix, wherein the transformation is configured such that the transformed covariance matrix is a non-diagonal matrix in case the received signal includes the information signal, wherein the non-diagonal matrix includes non-zero non-diagonal matrix elements. The method provided further includes determining a first function using at least one of the non-zero non-diagonal matrix elements of the transformed covariance matrix, determining a second function using at least one matrix element of the transformed covariance matrix, wherein the second function is different from the first function, and determining as to whether a received signal includes an information signal based on a comparison of a value of the first function and a value of the second function.