Method and apparatus for space division multiple access receiver

摘要

Methods and systems consistent with this invention receive a plurality of transmitted signals in a receiver having a plurality of receive elements, wherein each transmitted signal has a different spatial location. Such methods and systems receive the plurality of transmitted signals at the plurality of receive elements to form a plurality of receive element signals, form a combined signal derived from the plurality of receive element signals, and detect each of the plurality of transmitted signals from the combined signal by its different spatial location. To achieve this, methods and systems consistent with this invention generate a plurality of arbitrary phase modulation signals, and phase modulate each of the plurality of receive element signals with a different one of the phase modulation signals to form a plurality of phase modulated signals. Such methods and systems then combine the plurality of phase modulated signals into a combined signal, generate expected signals, and cross-correlate the combined signal with the expected signals to form correlation signals. Such methods and systems then store the correlation signals in a correlation signal memory and analyze the correlation signals to extract information from the transmitted signals.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a plurality of electromagnetic radiation signals at an array; generating a plurality of random modulation signals; modulating each of the plurality of received signals with a respective one of the random modulation signals to form a plurality of modulated signals; summing the plurality of modulated signals into a combined signal; and correlating the combined signal with an expected signal to form a correlation signal.