Granted Patent B2

US 11,956,025 · App. 18/368,317 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Inventors: David William Kleinbeck (Lees Summit, MO); Ronald C. Dzierwa (Baltimore, MD)

Assignee: DIGITAL GLOBAL SYSTEMS, INC.

H04B17/309H04B17/20H04B17/23H04B17/26H04B17/27H04B17/29H04W24/08H04W24/10H04W64/00H04B17/24H04W24/04

Abstract

Claims (59)

1. A system for signal or interference detection in an electromagnetic environment, comprising:

at least one event manager;

at least one receiver operable to receive electromagnetic environment data;

at least one node including at least one signal processor operable to process the electromagnetic environment data; and

at least one server or cloud-based system in network communication with the at least one node;

wherein the at least one receiver is in communication with the at least one node;

wherein the at least one node includes an edge processor or is in network communication with the edge processor;

wherein the edge processor is operable to receive processed signal data from the at least one signal processor;

wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to process the signal data using compressed data for deltas from a baseline determined using matched positive and negative gradients;

wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to use a calibration vector to de-bias raw signal data;

wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to determine if at least one signal is moving using a frequency-locked loop by determining if there is a Doppler change in the at least one signal;

wherein the edge processor is operable to analyze the processed signal data;

wherein the at least one node is operable to send the analyzed, processed signal data to the at least one server or the cloud-based system;

wherein the edge processor is operable to analyze the processed signal data by conducting a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis and a second FFT analysis, aggregating the first FFT analysis and the second FFT analysis in order to create baselines to be used in reporting, comparing incoming FFTs to the baseline in order to detect potential conflicts;

wherein the edge processor is operable to send data regarding the potential conflicts to the event manager; and

wherein the event manager is operable to decide a course of action based on the potential conflicts.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the edge processor is operable to calculate a power distribution by frequency of the electromagnetic environment.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the edge processor is operable to analyze the processed signal data based on FFT data of the electromagnetic environment.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the FFT data of the electromagnetic environment includes a first derivative of the FFT data and a second derivative of the FFT data.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the edge processor is operable to track the at least one signal in near real-time.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a power distribution by frequency over time (PDFT) processor is operable to automatically detect the at least one signal.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein a FFT engine is operable to track the at least one signal in near real-time.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed, processed signal data indicates one or more signals are interference.

9. A system for signal or interference detection in an electromagnetic environment, comprising:

at least one event manager;

at least one receiver operable to receive electromagnetic environment data; and

at least one node including at least one signal processor operable to process the electromagnetic environment data;

wherein the at least one receiver is in communication with the at least one node;

wherein the at least one node includes an edge processor or is in network communication with the edge processor;

wherein the edge processor is operable to receive processed signal data from the at least one signal processor;

wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to process the signal data using compressed data for deltas from a baseline determined using matched positive and negative gradients;

wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to use a calibration vector to de-bias raw signal data;

wherein the edge processor is operable to analyze the processed signal data by conducting a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis and a second FFT analysis, aggregating the first FFT analysis and the second FFT analysis in order to create baselines to be used in reporting, comparing incoming FFTs to the baseline in order to detect potential conflicts;

wherein the edge processor is operable to send data regarding the potential conflicts to the event manager; and

wherein the event manager is operable to decide a course of action based on the potential conflicts.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the edge processor is operable to calculate a power distribution by frequency of the electromagnetic environment.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the edge processor is operable to analyze the processed signal data based on FFT data of the electromagnetic environment.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the FFT data of the electromagnetic environment includes a first derivative of the FFT data and a second derivative of the FFT data.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the edge processor is operable to track at least one signal in near real-time.

14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a power distribution by frequency over time (PDFT) processor is operable to automatically detect at least one signal.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein a FFT engine is operable to track at least one signal in near real-time.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the analyzed, processed signal data indicates one or more signals are interference.

17. A system for signal or interference detection in an electromagnetic environment, comprising:

at least one event manager;

at least one receiver operable to receive electromagnetic environment data;

at least one node including at least one signal processor operable to process the electromagnetic environment data; and

wherein the at least one receiver is in communication with the at least one node;

wherein the at least one node includes an edge processor or is in network communication with the edge processor;

wherein the edge processor is operable to receive processed signal data from the at least one signal processor;

wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to process the signal data using compressed data for deltas from a baseline determined using matched positive and negative gradients;

wherein the at least one signal processor is operable to use a calibration vector to de-bias raw signal data;

wherein the edge processor is operable to analyze the processed electromagnetic environment data by conducting a first fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis and a second FFT analysis, aggregating the first FFT analysis and the second FFT analysis in order to create baselines to be used in reporting, comparing incoming FFTs to the baseline in order to detect potential conflicts;

wherein the edge processor is operable to send data regarding the potential conflicts to the event manager;

wherein the event manager is operable to decide a course of action based on the potential conflicts;

wherein the edge processor is operable to calculate a power distribution by frequency of the electromagnetic environment based on FFT data of the electromagnetic environment including a first derivative of the FFT data and a second derivative of the FFT data; and

wherein an FFT engine is operable to track at least one signal using edge processing and the first derivative of the FFT data and/or the second derivative of the FFT data.

18. The system of claim 17 , further comprising a power distribution by frequency over time (PDFT) processor is operable to automatically detect the at least one signal.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the FFT engine is operable to track the at least one signal in near real-time using edge processing and the first derivative of the FFT data and/or the second derivative of the FFT data.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the at least one signal is interference.

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