Patents by Inventor Ballard J. BLAIR

Ballard J. BLAIR has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240243952
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying a modulation scheme of a wireless signal are described. In some embodiments, a system receives a wireless signal modulated based on a modulation scheme having a constant modulus. The system can generate a resampled signal from the wireless signal based on features extracted from the wireless signal and perform blind equalization on the resampled signal based on a constant modulus criterion to generate an equalized signal. Then, the system can cause a modulation classifier to classify the received wireless signal to a modulation scheme from a plurality of predetermined modulation schemes based on the equalized signal. By preconditioning the wireless signal to reduce feature variability imparted by a propagation channel onto the wireless signal, the system can increase the classification accuracy of the modulation classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Caitlyn N. MARCOUX, Ballard J. BLAIR, Bindu CHANDNA, Dianne E. EGNOR
  • Patent number: 11870618
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying a modulation scheme of a wireless signal are described. In some embodiments, a system receives a wireless signal modulated based on a modulation scheme having a constant modulus. The system can generate a resampled signal from the wireless signal based on features extracted from the wireless signal and perform blind equalization on the resampled signal based on a constant modulus criterion to generate an equalized signal. Then, the system can cause a modulation classifier to classify the received wireless signal to a modulation scheme from a plurality of predetermined modulation schemes based on the equalized signal. By preconditioning the wireless signal to reduce feature variability imparted by a propagation channel onto the wireless signal, the system can increase the classification accuracy of the modulation classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Caitlyn N. Marcoux, Ballard J. Blair, Bindu Chandna, Dianne E. Egnor
  • Publication number: 20210144034
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying a modulation scheme of a wireless signal are described. In some embodiments, a system receives a wireless signal modulated based on a modulation scheme having a constant modulus. The system can generate a resampled signal from the wireless signal based on features extracted from the wireless signal and perform blind equalization on the resampled signal based on a constant modulus criterion to generate an equalized signal. Then, the system can cause a modulation classifier to classify the received wireless signal to a modulation scheme from a plurality of predetermined modulation schemes based on the equalized signal. By preconditioning the wireless signal to reduce feature variability imparted by a propagation channel onto the wireless signal, the system can increase the classification accuracy of the modulation classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Caitlyn N. MARCOUX, Ballard J. BLAIR, Bindu CHANDNA, Dianne E. EGNOR
  • Patent number: 10904050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying a modulation scheme of a wireless signal are described. In some embodiments, a system receives a wireless signal modulated based on a modulation scheme having a constant modulus. The system can generate a resampled signal from the wireless signal based on features extracted from the wireless signal and perform blind equalization on the resampled signal based on a constant modulus criterion to generate an equalized signal. Then, the system can cause a modulation classifier to classify the received wireless signal to a modulation scheme from a plurality of predetermined modulation schemes based on the equalized signal. By preconditioning the wireless signal to reduce feature variability imparted by a propagation channel onto the wireless signal, the system can increase the classification accuracy of the modulation classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Caitlyn N. Marcoux, Ballard J. Blair, Bindu Chandna, Dianne E. Egnor
  • Publication number: 20210014092
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying a modulation scheme of a wireless signal are described. In some embodiments, a system receives a wireless signal modulated based on a modulation scheme having a constant modulus. The system can generate a resampled signal from the wireless signal based on features extracted from the wireless signal and perform blind equalization on the resampled signal based on a constant modulus criterion to generate an equalized signal. Then, the system can cause a modulation classifier to classify the received wireless signal to a modulation scheme from a plurality of predetermined modulation schemes based on the equalized signal. By preconditioning the wireless signal to reduce feature variability imparted by a propagation channel onto the wireless signal, the system can increase the classification accuracy of the modulation classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Caitlyn N. MARCOUX, Ballard J. BLAIR, Bindu CHANDNA, Dianne E. EGNOR
  • Patent number: 10305677
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating clock drift in underwater instruments is provided. The method can include transmitting a signal from a source to a plurality of underwater receivers or a single receiver. Upon recovery of the underwater receivers, an initial sampling frequency value can be used to generate received data waveforms from data stored on each underwater device. The generated received waveforms can be used to generate a channel estimate for each receiver, and the channel estimates can be used to provide an estimate of the source motion during the transmission. The estimated source motion can then be used to estimate the clock drift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: THE MITRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilya A. Udovydchenkov, Ballard J. Blair, Ralph A. Stephen
  • Publication number: 20190007195
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating clock drift in underwater instruments is provided. The method can include transmitting a signal from a source to a plurality of underwater receivers or a single receiver. Upon recovery of the underwater receivers, an initial sampling frequency value can be used to generate received data waveforms from data stored on each underwater device. The generated received waveforms can be used to generate a channel estimate for each receiver, and the channel estimates can be used to provide an estimate of the source motion during the transmission. The estimated source motion can then be used to estimate the clock drift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: THE MITRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilya A. UDOVYDCHENKOV, Ballard J. BLAIR, Ralph A. STEPHEN