Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining pre-coding weights (w) based on a position vector (I) representing the position of a communication terminal within a communication system, said method being implemented by way of an artificial neural network (NN), the method comprising a step of determining the pre-coding weights (w) by way of the artificial neural network (NN) receiving the position vector (I) at input and supplying the pre-coding weights (w) at output. A transmission method, a device for determining pre-coding weights, a transmission device and a computer program are also described.

Abstract: A method for detecting (DET) a signal in a communication system including a plurality of communication channels, from a plurality of noisy values respectively representative of the transmission through the communication channels, is provided. The propagation in the communication channels is characterized by at least one variable. The set of values that can be taken by the variable is divided into a plurality of ranges. The method includes receiving (E4) the signals respectively transmitted in the plurality of communication channels, and detecting (E20) a signal corresponding to a value of the variable lying within one of the plurality of ranges by comparing, with a predetermined threshold, a value taken by a correlator linked to the range in question and calculated as a function of the noisy values. A channel estimation method, a detection device, a channel estimation device and a computer program are also described.

Abstract: A pilot sequence includes pilot vectors to be transmitted in a communication channel. A method of determining the pilot sequence comprises determining an orthogonal basis of a real vector space that is an image of a matrix having, respectively as columns, the partial derivatives of the model vector with respect to the different real parameters; and constructing the pilot vectors using the determined orthogonal basis, by grouping the orthogonal vectors of the orthogonal basis in at least one pair and by producing, for each of the at least one pair comprising a first vector and a second vector, a pilot vector by summation of the first vector and a product of the second vector by an imaginary number.

Abstract: A method for detecting (DET) a signal in a communication system including a plurality of communication channels, from a plurality of noisy values respectively representative of the transmission through the communication channels, is provided. The propagation in the communication channels is characterized by at least one variable. The set of values that can be taken by the variable is divided into a plurality of ranges. The method includes receiving (E4) the signals respectively transmitted in the plurality of communication channels, and detecting (E20) a signal corresponding to a value of the variable lying within one of the plurality of ranges by comparing, with a predetermined threshold, a value taken by a correlator linked to the range in question and calculated as a function of the noisy values. A channel estimation method, a detection device, a channel estimation device and a computer program are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for estimating a channel for communication system, which includes: a construction module designed to construct, on the basis of a physical model, a set of vectors) associated with a plurality of values of at least one parameter; an initialization module designed to initialize, as a function of the constructed vectors), columns of weighting coefficients defining at least a part of an artificial neural network; an application module designed to apply, as an input to the part of the artificial neural network, a vector determined as a function of noisy values so as to produce as an output a vector including estimated values; and a module for updating the weighting coefficients of the part of the artificial neural network by a learning technique. An associated method and computer program are also described.

Abstract: A digital interpolation filter delivering a series of output samples approximating a signal x(t) at sampling instants of the form (n+d)T s based on a series of input samples of the signal x(t) taken at sampling instants of the form nT s. Such a filter implements a transfer function in the Z-transform domain, H c<i/>d (Z?1), expressed as a linear combination between: a first transfer function H 1 d<i/>(Z?1) representing a Lagrange polynomial interpolation of the input samples implemented according to a Newton structure (100); and a second transfer function H 2 d (Z?1) representing another polynomial interpolation of the input samples implemented according to another structure comprising at least the Newton structure; the linear combination being a function of at least one real combination parameter c.

Abstract: A method of determining a pilot sequence comprising a plurality of pilot vectors to be transmitted in a communication channel modeled by a model vector including a complex-valued function variable as a function of real parameters and descriptive of a transmission from a transmission to a reception antenna through the communication channel, includes: determining an orthogonal basis of a real vector space that is the image of a matrix having respectively as columns the partial derivatives of the model vector with respect to the different real parameters; constructing the pilot vectors using the determined orthogonal basis, by grouping the orthogonal vectors of the orthogonal base in pairs and by producing, for each pair including first and second vectors, a pilot vector by summing the first vector and the product of the second vector by an imaginary number. A pilot sequence determining device and program are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for estimating a wireless communication channel between a transmitter and a receiver, including a plurality of paths for propagation of a wave, at least one of the transmitter and the receiver being formed of a plurality of antennas. The method includes: for at least one path, determining a characteristic matrix, which depends on a first element representative of at least one propagation direction associated with the path, and a second element representative of a propagation distance associated with the path; and estimating the communication channel from the at least one obtained characteristic matrix.

Abstract: A method for estimating a wireless communication channel between a transmitter and a receiver, including a plurality of paths for propagation of a wave, at least one of the transmitter and the receiver being formed of a plurality of antennas. The method includes: for at least one path, determining a characteristic matrix, which depends on a first element representative of at least one propagation direction associated with the path, and a second element representative of a propagation distance associated with the path; and estimating the communication channel from the at least one obtained characteristic matrix.

Abstract: A digital interpolation filter delivering a series of output samples approximating a signal x(t) at sampling instants of the form (n+d)T s based on a series of input samples of the signal x(t) taken at sampling instants of the form nT s. Such a filter implements a transfer function in the Z-transform domain, H c<i/>d (Z?1), expressed as a linear combination between: a first transfer function H 1 d<i/>(Z?1) representing a Lagrange polynomial interpolation of the input samples implemented according to a Newton structure (100); and a second transfer function H 2 d (Z?1) representing another polynomial interpolation of the input samples implemented according to another structure comprising at least the Newton structure; the linear combination being a function of at least one real combination parameter c.

Abstract: Device for compensating a DC component inherent in any radio frequency chain in which from a single measurement, generally obtained from a digital stage, a set of multiple compensation values is determined by a compensation value vector generating module and which compensation values are applied to multiple compensation points of the analog chain. The compensation values are calculated by an iterative process converging toward cancellation of the DC component and avoid saturating amplification components and components of the analog-to-digital converter. The module includes compensation value calculation units each configured to calculate a respective compensation value and provide the calculated compensation value to the respective compensation point.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method for passive localization of a target (12) and air-air localization in particular. This method includes a step for acquisition of the signal transmitted by the target using sensors equipping the carrier (11) and forming two interferometers. This step includes at least two independent measurement series carried out along separate trajectories. The method also includes a measurement processing step to estimate the parameters characterizing the target easily. The invention applies in particular to the passive localization of a target whose transmission frequency varies in a narrow band.