Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Link 16 transceiver with integral signal nulling system
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Application No.: US15986027Application Date: 2018-05-22
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Publication No.: US10805035B2Publication Date: 2020-10-13
- Inventor: David M Cooper , John H Chongoushian
- Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NH Nashua
- Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Nashua
- Agency: Maine Cernota & Rardin
- Main IPC: H04K3/00
- IPC: H04K3/00 ; H04B1/717 ; G01S7/36

Abstract:
A secure wireless transceiver, such as a link 16 transceiver, receives signals using an antenna array having an SOC associated with each antenna element in the array. The SOC's digitize and channelize received data for transmission to a message nulling system that mitigates jamming. The antenna array can be conformal, and can replace an existing Link 16 blade. The disclosed transceiver can be a modified CMN-4 transceiver with digitizing and channelizing moved to the SoC's, and replaced by the nulling system. The transceiver uses applicable TRANSEC information to assign received data to the logical Link 16 channels before nulling, and embodiments apply nulling only to channels of interest, thereby improving the nulling and reducing side lobes. Embodiments distinguish between desired and unwanted signals based on known Link 16 signal features and/or situational awareness, rather than signal amplitudes, thereby enabling nulling of even weak jamming signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190363819A1 LINK 16 TRANSCEIVER WITH INTEGRAL SIGNAL NULLING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-11-28
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