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US 12,701,032 · App. 18/506,803 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Simultaneous transmit signals and receive signals

Inventor: Neil Judell (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee: RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
H04L12/44H04L5/0007
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,701,032
App. No.
18/506,803
Filed
Nov 10, 2023
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2479
USPC
370/254
Abstract

Simultaneous transmit signals and receive signals (STAR) circuit and method includes: an error correction circuit for receiving a receive signal and a transmit signal; a first input port for receiving a probe signal; a second input port for receiving a transmit signal for transmission; a third input port for receiving a modification signal; and a first adder to add the probe signal to the modification signal to generate a modified probe signal, wherein the modified probe signal is input to the error correction circuit, wherein the modification signal modifies the probe signal to be orthogonal to the transmit signal and to minimize expected correlation with the receive signal to generate a final transmit signal.

Claims (35)

1 . A simultaneous transmit signals and receive signals (STAR) circuit comprising:

an error correction circuit for receiving a receive signal and a transmit signal;

a first input port for receiving a probe signal;

a second input port for receiving a transmit signal for transmission;

a third input port for receiving a modification signal; and

a first adder to add the probe signal to the modification signal to generate a modified probe signal, wherein the modified probe signal is input to the error correction circuit, wherein the modification signal modifies the probe signal to be orthogonal to the transmit signal and to minimize expected correlation with the receive signal to generate a final transmit signal.

2 . The STAR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the modified probe signal is added to the transmit signal by a second adder to generate the final transmit signal.

3 . The STAR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the probe signal is added to the transmit signal by a second adder to generate the transmit signal.

4 . The STAR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the probe signal is added to the modification signal as a zero-mean, white, independent or identically distributed (IID) Gaussian sequence.

5 . The STAR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the modification signal eliminates the short-term fluctuations in correlation between the transmit signal and the modified probe signal.

6 . The STAR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the error correction circuit performs correlation and adaptation as a block process.

7 . The STAR circuit of claim 1 , wherein the probe signal and the modification signals are vectorized similarly in such a manner that a magnitude of a vector of the modification signal is minimized.

8 . A method for simultaneous transmission of transmit signals and receive signals (STAR), the method comprising:

receiving a receive signal and a transmit signal;

receiving a probe signal;

receiving a transmit signal for transmission;

receiving a modification signal; and

adding the probe signal to the modification signal to generate a modified probe signal, wherein the modified probe signal is input to the error correction circuit, wherein the modification signal modifies the probe signal to be orthogonal to the transmit signal and to minimize expected correlation with the receive signal to generate a final transmit signal.

9 . The method circuit of claim 8 , wherein the modified probe signal is added to the transmit signal to generate the final transmit signal.

10 . The method circuit of claim 8 , wherein the probe signal is added to the transmit signal to generate the transmit signal.

11 . The method circuit of claim 8 , wherein the probe signal is added to the modification signal as a zero-mean, white, independent or identically distributed (IID) Gaussian sequence.

12 . The method circuit of claim 8 , wherein the modification signal eliminates the short-term fluctuations in correlation between the transmit signal and the modified probe signal.

13 . The method circuit of claim 8 , further comprising performing correlation and adaptation as a block process.

14 . The method circuit of claim 8 , wherein the probe signal and the modification signals are vectorized similarly in such a manner that a magnitude of a vector of the modification signal is minimized.

15 . A simultaneous transmit signals and receive signals (STAR) circuit comprising:

means for receiving a receive signal and a transmit signal;

means for receiving a probe signal;

means for receiving a transmit signal for transmission;

means for receiving a modification signal; and

means for adding the probe signal to the modification signal to generate a modified probe signal, wherein the modified probe signal is input to the error correction circuit, wherein the modification signal modifies the probe signal to be orthogonal to the transmit signal and to minimize expected correlation with the receive signal to generate a final transmit signal.

16 . The STAR circuit of claim 15 , wherein the modified probe signal is added to the transmit signal to generate the final transmit signal.

17 . The STAR circuit of claim 15 , wherein the probe signal is added to the transmit signal to generate the transmit signal.

18 . The STAR circuit of claim 15 , wherein the probe signal is added to the modification signal as a zero-mean, white, independent or identically distributed (IID) Gaussian sequence.

19 . The STAR circuit of claim 15 , wherein the modification signal eliminates the short-term fluctuations in correlation between the transmit signal and the modified probe signal.

20 . The STAR circuit of claim 15 , wherein the probe signal and the modification signals are vectorized similarly in such a manner that a magnitude of a vector of the modification signal is minimized.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 22, 2024
From: RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
To: RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 068748/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2023
From: JUDELL, NEIL
To: RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Reel/Frame 065529/0453 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63433200 · Dec 16, 2022
Related Publication 20240205047A1 · Jun 20, 2024
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