Envelope feedback interference reduction and data throughput maximization

1. A method of reducing interference from an interfering signal that overlaps with a desired signal, the method comprising:

receiving an input signal comprising the desired signal and the interfering signal;

multiplying the input signal by itself n-number of times to determine a carrier frequency, a symbol rate estimate, and a modulation estimate of the interfering signal, wherein n is an integer;

generating a copy of the interfering signal based on the carrier frequency, the symbol rate estimate, and the modulation estimate;

inverting the copy of the interfering signal;

summing the inverted copy of the interfering signal with the input signal to generate an output signal similar to the input signal having a reduced interfering signal strength.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising,

the multiplying of the input signal by itself n-number of times to achieve a continuous-wave (CW) signal, wherein n equals a current power index.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the current power index indicates the modulation estimate and the symbol rate estimate.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising

resampling the input signal at a multiple of the symbol rate to determine a modulation type, a symbol rate and a symbol trajectory.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising repeating the multiplying of the input signal by itself n-number of times, the generating of the interfering signal, the inverting of the copy of the interfering signal, the correcting of the gain and phase, and the summing of the inverted copy of the interfering signal with the input signal a desired number of times to create a feedback loop to further reduce interference from a second interfering signal.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising correcting the copy of the interfering signal for gain and phase.

7. A signal characterization and separation system to process an input signal, the input signal comprising an interfering signal that overlaps with a desired signal, the system comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the input signal;

at least one processor operably coupled to the receiver and configured to multiply the input signal by itself n-number of times to determine a carrier frequency, a symbol rate estimate, and a modulation estimate of the interfering signal, wherein n is an integer; and

a signal separation unit operably coupled to the at least one processor and configured to

generate a copy of the interfering signal based on the carrier frequency, the symbol rate estimate, and the modulation estimate,

invert the copy of the interfering signal, and

sum the inverted copy of the interfering signal with the input signal to generate an output signal having a reduced interfering signal strength, the output signal being similar to the desired signal.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to multiply the input signal by itself n-number of times to achieve a continuous-wave (CW) signal, wherein n equals a current power index.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the current power index indicates the modulation estimate and the symbol rate estimate.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising

a re-sampling unit configured to reprocess the input signal to determine a modulation type, a symbol rate and a symbol trajectory.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising an adaptive regenerative unit configured to generate the copy of the interfering signal using the symbol trajectory.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a feedback module configured to deliver the output signal to the receiver a number of times.

13. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the signal separation unit is further configured to correct the copy of the interfering signal for gain and phase.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for reducing interference from an interfering signal that overlaps with a desired signal, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:

receive an input signal comprising the desired signal and the interfering signal;

multiplying the input signal by itself n-number of times to determine a carrier frequency, a symbol rate estimate, and a modulation estimate of the interfering signal;

generate a copy of the interfering signal based on the carrier frequency, the symbol rate estimate, and the modulation estimate;

invert the copy of the interfering signal; and

sum the inverted copy of the interfering signal with the input signal to generate an output signal which is substantially close to the desired signal, the generated output signal having a reduced interfering signal strength.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein measuring the input signal raised to an incremental power comprising executable instructions that cause the computer to

multiply the input signal by itself n-number of times until a continuous-wave (CW) signal is achieved,

wherein the n-number of times is a carrier power index.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the current power index indicates the modulation estimate and the symbol rate estimate.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the computer program comprising executable instructions that further causes the computer to correct the copy of the interfering signal for gain and phase.