Abstract: The present invention has application to countering IEDs which are triggered remotely through a RF signal directed at, or the same operating environment as, receiver components embedded in, or part of, commercially manufactured cell phones or remote control devices. The invention exploits those situations where the underlying device (i.e., a commercial cell phone) is designed to operate in an environment where noise is characterized by an additive Gaussian noise model. The invention exploits the optimization of the matched filter for Gaussian noise by introducing a specific non-Gaussian noise. Further, the invention is directed to a family of jamming waveforms which exhibit increased effectiveness against a variety of digital and analog communications systems.

Abstract: The present invention has application to countering IEDs which are triggered remotely through a RF signal directed at, or the same operating environment as, receiver components embedded in, or part of, commercially manufactured cell phones or remote control devices. The invention exploits those situations where the underlying device (i.e., a commercial cell phone) is designed to operate in an environment where noise is characterized by an additive Gaussian noise model. The invention exploits the optimization of the matched filter for Gaussian noise by introducing a specific non-Gaussian noise. Further, the invention is directed to a family of jamming waveforms which exhibit increased effectiveness against a variety of digital and analog communications systems.

Abstract: In echo-location and imaging systems, interference suppression is accomplished by shaping the transmitted signal waveform. Interference suppression permits more accurate range estimates or image formation, respectively. These specially shaped waveforms can also be used in communication systems to secure more accurate message transmission in the presence of interference. Shaping of the transmitted signal may be accomplished in two ways: (1) by convolving an elemental waveform with a multi-level pseudorandom sequence (i.e., binary, ternary, Poisson, etc.); or (2) by transforming nonlinearly the amplitude of the elemental waveform to give it high skewness. Interference suppression in the former case is achieved through matched filtering (replica correlation or pulse compression), and in the latter case it is accomplished by bispectrum-bicoherence processing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing resolution of range estimates in all echo location systems and, specifically, such systems as Radar, Sonar, and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), for example. The invention utilizes high order signal processing to "sharpen" or contract the main lobe of the processing system ambiguity function and suppress its side lobes, for a given transmission pulse bandwidth. The method and apparatus may be implemented in the frequency domain or time domain. Enhanced resolution is achieved by using a filter (MSC filter), according to this invention, in the echo location data processing system so that the received echo data is processed by the MSC filter to produce a signal that exhibits enhanced range resolution. The MSC filter output, H(.omega.), which is specific to the transmitted pulse waveform, is the ratio of a high-order manipulation of the transmitted signal with its modified spectral profile.