Patents by Inventor David K. Mesecher
David K. Mesecher 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).
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Patent number: 10705176Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining a direction of a signal received at an antenna array. An antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements, including a reference element. A signal combiner element is configured to combine weighted signals from a subset of the plurality of antenna elements to provide a composite output. An adaptive processing component is configured to determine an optimal set of weights for the subset of the plurality of antenna elements. An angle of arrival search component is configured to find a direction of minimum gain given the optimal set of weights.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: David K. Mesecher
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Patent number: 10082563Abstract: A target identifier can be configured to determine a synthesized profile for a target based on active sensor data that characterizes a radio frequency (“RF”) signal reflected by the target and received at an active sensor system. The synthesized profile can characterize an estimated Line of Bearing (“LoB”) and a radial speed (“Rdot”) of the target relative to a passive sensor system. The target identifier can also be configured to match the synthesized profile with a measured profile that is determined based on RF signals received at the passive sensor system. The measured profile characterizes a measured LoB and a measured Rdot of the target.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: David K. Mesecher, Zyad Hajo
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Publication number: 20180067193Abstract: A target identifier can be configured to determine a synthesized profile for a target based on active sensor data that characterizes a radio frequency (“RF”) signal reflected by the target and received at an active sensor system. The synthesized profile can characterize an estimated Line of Bearing (“LoB”) and a radial speed (“Rdot”) of the target relative to a passive sensor system. The target identifier can also be configured to match the synthesized profile with a measured profile that is determined based on RF signals received at the passive sensor system. The measured profile characterizes a measured LoB and a measured Rdot of the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: DAVID K. MESECHER, ZYAD HAJO
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Publication number: 20170102445Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining a direction of a signal received at an antenna array. An antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements, including a reference element. A signal combiner element is configured to combine weighted signals from a subset of the plurality of antenna elements to provide a composite output. An adaptive processing component is configured to determine an optimal set of weights for the subset of the plurality of antenna elements. An angle of arrival search component is configured to find a direction of minimum gain given the optimal set of weights.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: DAVID K. MESECHER
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Patent number: 9270327Abstract: A method and apparatus used to transmit and receive weighted data transmissions over a plurality of antennas using a plurality of different pilot signals. Different pilot signals are produced and a different pilot signal of the plurality of pilot signals is transmitted on each of a plurality of antennas. Each of the pilot signals is derived from a pseudo noise (PN) sequence and a bit sequence of the PN sequence for each of the pilot signals is different. A plurality of data streams are produced in which each of the data streams has data bits combined with bits of a PN sequence. The data streams are weighted in response to weight information received from a receiving device and the plurality of weighted data streams are transmitted using the plurality of antennas.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: David K. Mesecher, Alexander Reznik, Donald M. Grieco, Gary Cheung
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Patent number: 9219522Abstract: A code division multiple access communication system has a base station with a plurality of transmitting antennas. From each transmitting antenna of the base station, a pilot signal is transmitted having a different chip sequence than the other transmitting antenna. At a user equipment, the transmitted pilot signals are received from each transmitting antenna. A weight adjustment is derived in response to the received transmitted pilot signals. The user equipment transmits the weight adjustment to the base station. The transmitted weight adjustment is received from the user equipment. A data signal is processed to produce a plurality of versions of the data signal. At least a portion of each processed data signal has a different chip sequence than the other processed data signal version. At least one processed data signal version is weighted by a weight value adjusted in response to the received transmitted weight adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventor: David K. Mesecher
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Publication number: 20150244417Abstract: A method and apparatus used to transmit and receive weighted data transmissions over a plurality of antennas using a plurality of different pilot signals. Different pilot signals are produced and a different pilot signal of the plurality of pilot signals is transmitted on each of a plurality of antennas. Each of the pilot signals is derived from a pseudo noise (PN) sequence and a bit sequence of the PN sequence for each of the pilot signals is different. A plurality of data streams are produced in which each of the data streams has data bits combined with bits of a PN sequence. The data streams are weighted in response to weight information received from a receiving device and the plurality of weighted data streams are transmitted using the plurality of antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: David K. Mesecher, Alexander Reznik, Donald M. Grieco, Gary Cheung
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Patent number: 9036680Abstract: A code division multiple access communication system transmits a pilot and traffic signal over a shared spectrum. The pilot and traffic signal have an associated code and are received over the shared spectrum. The received signals are sampled and the samples are delayed to produce a window. A weighted value for each despread pilot code window sample is determined using an adaptive algorithm. Each window sample is despread with a traffic code. Each despread traffic code window sample is weighted according to a weight corresponding to its respective pilot code sample.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: David K. Mesecher, Alexander Reznik, Donald M. Grieco, Gary Cheung
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Patent number: 8582625Abstract: A method for receiving at least one of a plurality of channels in a communication signal includes receiving a spread spectrum communication signal, demodulating the spread spectrum communication signal using a rake receiver and a pseudo-noise pilot signal for a selected channel, despreading the demodulated signal of a selected channel, performing a QPSK hard decision in association with a complex conjugate of the despread signal to produce a correction signal, and mixing the correction signal to a rake receiver output to remove relative phase error without an absolute phase reference, to produce a corrected signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Interdigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih M. Ozluturk, David K. Mesecher, Alexander M. Jacques
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Patent number: 8417207Abstract: A method includes: receiving a reference signal on an array of antenna elements; using a received reference signal to find optimal weighting of the antenna elements to point a beam pattern of the antenna elements in the direction of a reference signal, thereby providing gain in the direction of the reference signal and attenuation in all other directions; adjusting a width of the beam pattern to cover an area of interest; acquiring and tracking interferers in the area of interest; reconstructing a component of interference from each of the interferers; and using the reconstructed component of interference to adaptively cancel interference from the interferers.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventor: David K. Mesecher
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Publication number: 20120320952Abstract: A method for receiving at least one of a plurality of channels in a communication signal includes receiving a spread spectrum communication signal, demodulating the spread spectrum communication signal using a rake receiver and a pseudo-noise pilot signal for a selected channel, despreading the demodulated signal of a selected channel, performing a QPSK hard decision in association with a complex conjugate of the despread signal to produce a correction signal, and mixing the correction signal to a rake receiver output to remove relative phase error without an absolute phase reference, to produce a corrected signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Fatih M. Özlütürk, David K. Mesecher, Alexander M. Jacques
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Patent number: 8254431Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for carrier offset recovery. An adaptive matched filter produces a filtered signal. A rake receiver provides relative path values of multipath components. A mixer generates channel impulse response estimates. A channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using the pseudo-noise signal generated to produce a despread channel signal of the selected channel. A pilot channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using a pseudo-noise signal generator to produce a despread pilot signal of the pilot channel. A hard decision processor determines a symbol value of the despread channel signal. A complex conjugate processor generates a complex conjugate of the symbol value as a correction signal. A phase-locked loop produces a phase correction signal to recover carrier offset.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Interdigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih M Ozluturk, David K Mesecher, Alexander M Jacques
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Publication number: 20120208567Abstract: A method includes: receiving a reference signal on an array of antenna elements; using a received reference signal to find optimal weighting of the antenna elements to point a beam pattern of the antenna elements in the direction of a reference signal, thereby providing gain in the direction of the reference signal and attenuation in all other directions; adjusting a width of the beam pattern to cover an area of interest; acquiring and tracking interferers in the area of interest; reconstructing a component of interference from each of the interferers; and using the reconstructed component of interference to adaptively cancel interference from the interferers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventor: David K. Mesecher
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Patent number: 8195241Abstract: A receiver includes a plurality of antennas; a plurality of front end circuits producing digital signals in response to signals received on the antennas; a beamforming unit weighting and summing the digital signals to produce a first signal; a first stage including a first plurality of modems producing first bit streams in response to components of the first signal, a first plurality of signal reconstruction units producing first signal replicas in response to the first bit streams, and a first active cancellation unit weighting the first signal replicas and subtracting the weighted first signal replicas from the first signal to produce a second signal; and a second stage including a second plurality of modems producing second bit streams in response to components of the second signal, a second plurality of signal reconstruction units producing second signal replicas in response to the second bit streams, and a second active cancellation unit weighting the second signal replicas and subtracting the weighted sType: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventor: David K. Mesecher
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Publication number: 20110228710Abstract: A code division multiple access communication system transmits a pilot and traffic signal over a shared spectrum. The pilot and traffic signal have an associated code and are received over the shared spectrum. The received signals are sampled and the samples are delayed to produce a window. A weighted value for each despread pilot code window sample is determined using an adaptive algorithm. Each window sample is despread with a traffic code. Each despread traffic code window sample is weighted according to a weight corresponding to its respective pilot code sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: David K. Mesecher, Alexander Reznik, Donald M. Grieco, Gary Cheung
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Publication number: 20110188546Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for carrier offset recovery. An adaptive matched filter produces a filtered signal. A rake receiver provides relative path values of multipath components. A mixer generates channel impulse response estimates. A channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using the pseudo-noise signal generated to produce a despread channel signal of the selected channel. A pilot channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using a pseudo-noise signal generator to produce a despread pilot signal of the pilot channel. A hard decision processor determines a symbol value of the despread channel signal. A complex conjugate processor generates a complex conjugate of the symbol value as a correction signal. A phase-locked loop produces a phase correction signal to recover carrier offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Fatih M. Özlütürk, David K. Mesecher, Alexander M. Jacques
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Publication number: 20110151923Abstract: A receiver includes a plurality of antennas; a plurality of front end circuits producing digital signals in response to signals received on the antennas; a beamforming unit weighting and summing the digital signals to produce a first signal; a first stage including a first plurality of modems producing first bit streams in response to components of the first signal, a first plurality of signal reconstruction units producing first signal replicas in response to the first bit streams, and a first active cancellation unit weighting the first signal replicas and subtracting the weighted first signal replicas from the first signal to produce a second signal; and a second stage including a second plurality of modems producing second bit streams in response to components of the second signal, a second plurality of signal reconstruction units producing second signal replicas in response to the second bit streams, and a second active cancellation unit weighting the second signal replicas and subtracting the weighted sType: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATIONInventor: David K. Mesecher
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Patent number: 7953139Abstract: A code division multiple access communication system transmits a pilot and traffic signal over a shared spectrum. The pilot and traffic signal have an associated code and are received over the shared spectrum. The received signals are sampled and the samples are delayed to produce a window. A weighted value for each despread pilot code window sample is determined using an adaptive algorithm. Each window sample is despread with a traffic code. Each despread traffic code window sample is weighted according to a weight corresponding to its respective pilot code sample.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: David K. Mesecher, Alexander Reznik, Donald M. Grieco, Gary Cheung
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Patent number: 7949037Abstract: A base station for carrier offset recovery. An adaptive matched filter produces a filtered signal. A rake receiver provides relative path values of multipath components. A mixer generates channel impulse response estimates. A channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using the pseudo-noise signal generated to produce a despread channel signal of the selected channel. A pilot channel despreader despreads the filtered signal using a pseudo-noise signal generator to produce a despread pilot signal of the pilot channel. A hard decision processor determines a symbol value of the despread channel signal. A complex conjugate processor generates a complex conjugate of the symbol value as a correction signal. A phase-locked loop produces a phase correction signal to recover carrier offset.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Fatih M Ozluturk, David K Mesecher, Alexander M Jacques
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Publication number: 20110026496Abstract: A code division multiple access communication system has a base station with a plurality of transmitting antennas. From each transmitting antenna of the base station, a pilot signal is transmitted having a different chip sequence than the other transmitting antenna. At a user equipment, the transmitted pilot signals are received from each transmitting antenna. A weight adjustment is derived in response to the received transmitted pilot signals. The user equipment transmits the weight adjustment to the base station. The transmitted weight adjustment is received from the user equipment. A data signal is processed to produce a plurality of versions of the data signal. At least a portion of each processed data signal has a different chip sequence than the other processed data signal version. At least one processed data signal version is weighted by a weight value adjusted in response to the received transmitted weight adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: David K. Mesecher