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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Anis Husain, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeremy Rode, San Diego, CA (US);
David Smith, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Hsu, La Jolla, CA (US);
Maha Achour, San Diego, CA (US);
Anis Husain, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeremy Rode, San Diego, CA (US);
David Smith, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Hsu, La Jolla, CA (US);
Maha Achour, San Diego, CA (US);
ZIVA CORP., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for coherent distributed communication techniques using time reversal are disclosed. In one aspect, cooperating nodes of a cluster can move relative to each other and relative to an intended receiver of the nodes' data transmissions. The nodes are synchronized to a common time reference, and data for transmission from the cluster is distributed to the nodes. The intended receiver sends a sounding signal to the nodes. Each node receives the sounding signal, obtains the channel response between the intended receiver and itself, and time-reverses the channel response. Each node then convolves its time-reversed channel response with the data to obtain the node's convolved data. Each node waits a predetermined time following the time reference signal, as determined based on the common time reference. At the expiration of the predetermined time period, the nodes simultaneously transmit their convolved data.