US 7,398,056 B1 | ||
Channel estimation applique for multiple antenna wireless communications | ||
Paul Michael Ebert, Potomac, Md. (US); and Donald Stuart Arnstein, Fairfax, Va. (US) | ||
Assigned to Saraband Wireless, Inc, Fairfax, Va. (US) | ||
Filed on Jun. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/451,392. | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. H04B 17/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 455—67.14 [455/67.11; 455/67.16; 455/42] | 20 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
a test signal injector which interlace test signals with communications signals, wherein one or more of the test signals is
an FM sweep;
a transmitter which transmits said interlaced signals over wireless communications paths from a multiplicity of transmitting
antennas;
receivers which receive said interlaced test signals by means of a multiplicity of antennas and determines measurements of
amplitude versus frequency and phase shift versus frequency characteristics of the multiple propagation paths from each transmitting
antenna to each receiving antenna; and
a signal processing circuit which use one or more of said measurements to correct for effects of the multiple propagation
paths on the communications;
wherein test signal receivers comprise:
one or more signal generators producing facsimiles of the multiple transmitted test signals wherein said generators are adjustable
and can have an initially unknown time offset from a transmitted test signal, an unknown frequency offset from a transmitted
test signal, and an unknown time base of generation from a transmitted test signal;
a downconverter which uses facsimile signals to heterodyne said received test signals to obtain down-converted signals; and
a logical processor capable of analyzing said downconverted signals and providing control signals to said adjustable facsimile
signal generators to remove the initially unknown time offset, the initially unknown frequency offset, and the initially unknown
time base of generation between the transmitting antenna injected signal and the receiving antenna facsimile signal.
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