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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL RE-TRANSMISSION
20220393786 · 2022-12-08 ·

System and for signal re-transmission including a channelizer, a signal-effect-processor and a controller. The signal-ef-fect-processor includes a plurality of sub-band-processors and a summer. The channelizer receives a sampled Intermediate-Frequency signal exhibiting a first sampling-rate. The channelizer produces a plurality of sub-band-signals, each associated with a respective sub-band of the Intermediate-Frequency signal. Each sub-band-signal exhibit a second sampling-rate lower than the first sampling-rate. Each of at least one selected sub-band-processor receives a respective sub-band-signal, introduces at least one effect to the respective sub-band-signal, and increases the sampling-rate of the respective sub-band-signal to the first sampling-rate, thereby producing a respective affected sub-band re-transmit signal. Each selected sub-band-processor is further provides the respective affected sub-band re-transmit signal to a respective input of the summer. The summer sums the inputs thereof to produce a wideband affected re-transmit signal. The controller selects the selected sub-band processor and controls settings of the at least one effect.

Radio Frequency Jamming or Interference Detection and Mitigation in an Electronic Monitoring System
20220393785 · 2022-12-08 ·

An electronic monitoring system and method are provided. The electronic monitoring system monitors communication of data between a device primary radio of a monitoring device and a hub primary radio through a primary communication path. Communication of the data is transferred to a secondary communication path between a device secondary radio of the monitoring device and a hub secondary radio in response to the detection of a disruption on the primary communication path resulting from interference or jamming of communications over the primary communication path. The primary and secondary radios operate a different frequencies.

COOPERATIVE EARLY THREAT DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE IN C-V2X

Method and apparatus for cooperative early threat detection and avoidance in C-V2X. In one aspect, the apparatus detects a threat entity within a threat zone based on data signals received from the threat entity, wherein the threat entity obstructs wireless spectrum or resources utilized in cooperative or automated driving decisions. The apparatus transmits, to at least one second wireless device, a message indicating the threat entity within the threat zone.

Ensuring transmissions are completed in a wireless network

A method comprising determining that interference may occur in a wireless network an apparatus is connected to, obtaining a first link that is of a first type, obtaining a second link that is of a second type, determining data to be transmitted from the apparatus to another apparatus connected to the wireless network, determining that a transmission occurs in the first link and transmitting the data in the second link, wherein the transmission in the first link has a longer duration than transmitting the data in the second link and the transmission in the first link and transmitting the data in the second link overlap in time.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COVERT COMMUNICATIONS
20230053475 · 2023-02-23 · ·

A communications system and methods for covert communications are provided. A first transmitter that transmits an information carrying signal to a target receiver, a second transmitter and a third transmitter transmit jamming signals to the target receiver, such that the information carrying signals and the jamming signals are interleaved when received by the target receiver The information carrying signals and the jamming signals can be at least partially overlapping by an eavesdropper.

COLLABORATIVE SIGNAL JAMMING DETECTION
20230057179 · 2023-02-23 · ·

A method for detecting communication jamming attacks includes collecting, via a processor associated with a base station, local jamming information from a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The local jamming information having an attack time, an attack localization, and an attack frequency. The method further includes building a global jamming map comprising global jamming information, based on the local jamming information, determining, based on the global jamming map, a location of a communication jamming device, and causing to transmit global jamming information to a third vehicle. The global jamming information is associated with the location of the communication jamming device.

Methods for radar coexistence

A method and apparatus for selecting frequency modulated continuous wave waveform parameters for multiple radar coexistence by a user equipment is described. The user equipment may transmit a radar waveform consisting of a number of chirps, with each chirp having a same duration. The user equipment may vary waveform parameters of the radar waveform for at least a subset of the number of chirp, where the waveform parameters may be chosen from a codebook comprising at least one codeword of parameters. Reflected radar waveforms are received and processed where the processing includes applying a fast time discrete Fourier transform to reflected radar waveforms to produce a one dimension peak in a time delay dimension for each reflected waveform; and applying a slow time discrete Fourier transform to the reflected radar waveforms, where peaks for the reflected waveforms are added.

System and method for triggering an alarm during a sensor jamming attack

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for triggering an alarm during a sensor jamming attack. In one aspect, a monitoring system sensor unit is disclosed that includes a sensor, a communication unit configured to communicate with a monitoring system using a range of frequencies, and a jamming detection unit. The jamming detection unit may include a processor and a computer storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include detecting a sensor jamming event, selecting a different form of communication other than the range of radio frequencies for the communication unit to communicate with the monitoring system, and providing, to the communication unit, an instruction to communicate with the monitoring system using the form of communication, wherein the communication unit may communicate, to the monitoring system using the form of communication, the sensor data.

Signal generator
11502772 · 2022-11-15 · ·

Disclosed is a method of producing an output signal from a signal generator, comprising: determining a driving input to the signal generator, the driving input for driving the signal generator to provide a predetermined output signal, wherein the output signal includes at least one frame, the at least one frame comprising an active period and a dummy period and wherein the active period and dummy period are determined by the driving input. Also disclosed is a method of producing an output signal from a signal generator, comprising: receiving a synchronisation signal; obtaining an input signal for controlling the signal generator to generate an output signal comprising at least one frame wherein the at least one frame comprises at least one active period and at least one dummy period; producing the output signal comprising a series of frames; and, synchronising the output signal with the synchronisation signal by varying a duration of the at least one of the dummy period or active period.

A device, a system, a method and computer program product for identifying interfering devices in position measurements
20220357459 · 2022-11-10 · ·

A interference detection device (22) perform the following actions: receiving individual position data from mobile terminals (4(j)) which individual position data indicates an area (12(j)) in which individual ones of the mobile terminals (4(j)) are located based on positioning signals received by the mobile terminals (4(j)); identifying if individual position data may have been affected by one or more interfering signals transmitted by interfering device (14(m)) and interfering with the positioning signals; (A) identifying if a number of mobile terminals (4.sub.v(j)) in a first area (18) is higher than a maximum threshold number, and, if so, determining that individual position data of the number of mobile terminals (4.sub.v(j)) may have been affected by the interfering signals; or (B) identifying if a number of the mobile terminals (4(j)) in a second area (36) is lower than a minimum threshold number; and, if so, determining that individual position data of the number of mobile terminals (4(j)) may have been affected by interfering signals; or (C) receiving further individual position data which indicates further areas (18) in which mobile terminals (4(j)) are located based on another positioning technique than a positioning technique used to determine the individual position data as received from the mobile terminals (4(j)); determining if the areas (12(j)) overlap with the further areas (18) at least to a minimum extent, and, if not, determining that individual position data of the mobile terminals (4(j)) may have been affected by the interfering signals.