Patents Represented by Attorney O'Keefe, Egan, Peterman & Endera LLP
  • Patent number: 7626546
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detection and geolocation of multiple emitters that are emitting RF signal energy on a common frequency, and that may be implemented to separate, geolocate, and/or determine the number of emitters (e.g., radio users) emitting on a common RF frequency. Real-time signal qualification processing may be employed to continuously monitor and collect incoming receiver tuner data for signal activity and ignore irrelevant noise data. Each set of data blocks from an emitter transmission signal may be defined as an emission cluster, and a set of time difference of arrival (TDOA)/frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) pairs may be computed for each emission cluster with each TDOA/FDOA pair yielding a geolocation result. A statistical qualification method may be used to produce a final geolocation answer from each set of emission cluster geolocation results, and a geolocation error ellipse computed for the final geolocation answer of each emission cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.
    Inventors: Hyo K. Chung, Phuong H. Le, John M. Parker, David L. Reid, Mark A. Robertson