[특허]Method and device for estimation of the transmission characteristics of a radio frequency system

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Method and device for estimation of the transmission characteristics of a radio frequency system

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	H01Q-015/00
미국특허분류(USC)	342/005; 455/001
출원번호	US-0044351 (2008-03-07)
등록번호	US-8184036 (2012-05-22)
발명자 / 주소	Charland, Shawn
출원인 / 주소	Sky Industries Inc.
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A device and method for estimating the operational effectiveness, status, and protection range of an electronic countermeasures system in real time or near real time are provided. The device and method calculate a predicted ECM power at a given location using a propagation and scenario model. Then a measured ECM power at the given location is used to determine a correction value equal to the difference between the calculated and measured ECM powers. The correction value and the propagation model are then used with a heuristic method to refine estimates of propagation and scenario parameters. The refined parameter set is used to produce a refined prediction of ECM power, which is used to create a refined correction factor. The refined correction factor is used to determine predicted ECM powers at a plurality of locations in an area around the device to determine a boundary of protection.

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1. A method comprising the steps of: in a device physically remote from a radio frequency (RF) system transmitter: calculating for a first location a predicted received power level of an RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter;measuring at the first location an actual received power level of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter;determining a correction value based on the predicted received power level and the measured received power level; andcalculating for a second location a predicted received power level of the RF signal using the correction value. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: calculating for the first location a plurality of predicted received power levels of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter, inclusive of calculating the first predicted received power level for the first location, wherein each one of the plurality of predicted received power levels corresponds to a respective frequency component of the RF signal;measuring at the first location a plurality of actual received power levels of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter, inclusive of measuring the first actual received power level at the first location, wherein each one of the plurality of actual received power levels corresponds to one of the plurality of predicted received power levels;determining a plurality of correction values based on the plurality of predicted received power levels and the plurality of measured received power levels, inclusive of determining the first correction value based on the first predicted received power level and the first measured received power level; andcalculating a plurality of predicted received power levels for the second location using the plurality of correction values, inclusive of calculating the first predicted received power level for the second location using the first correction value. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter comprises an electronic countermeasures (ECM) signal. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: predicting probabilistic ability of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter to prevent triggering of a potential threat device at the second location based on the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location and potential threat device characteristics. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the potential threat device characteristics comprise a predicted response of the potential threat device to the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the predicted response of the potential threat device to the predicted received power level of the RF signal comprises a predicted response of the potential threat device to a given jamming-to-signal ratio. 7. The method of claim 4 further comprising: generating a mismatch cost function based on a comparison of the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location and the actual measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location; andindicating a fault/anomaly if the mismatch cost function exceeds a threshold value. 8. The method of claim 7 wherein generating the mismatch cost function comprises determining best-case and worst-case predicted received power levels of the RF signal at the first location, wherein the worst-case predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location is derived from N predicted received power levels of the RF signal at the first location calculated using N scenario parameter sets, andwherein the best-case predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location is derived from the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal at the first location. 9. The method of claim 3 further comprising: calculating a respective predicted received power level of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter for each location of a plurality of locations in an area around the device using the correction value; andfor each location predicting probabilistic ability of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter to prevent triggering of the potential threat device at the location based on the respective predicted received power level of the RF signal at the location and the potential threat device characteristics. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the potential threat device characteristics comprise a predicted response of the potential threat device to the respective predicted received power level of the RF signal for each location of the plurality of locations in the area. 11. The method of claim 10 further comprising calculating a protection range of the RF system transmitter by determining a boundary at which the probabilistic ability of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter to prevent triggering of the potential threat device is at a safety threshold. 12. The method of claim 11 further comprising displaying the protective range of the RF system transmitter. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein calculating each respective predicted received power level of the RF signal comprises: calculating a predicted received power level of the RF signal for each location for each one of a population of N scenario parameter sets to generate N predicted received power levels for each location,wherein for each location the probabilistic ability of the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter to prevent triggering of the potential threat device at the location is derived from the probabilistic effect of the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal for the location. 14. The method of claim 13, further comprising, for each location: determining an average predicted received power level of the RF signal from the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal; anddetermining standard deviation of the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal. 15. The method of claim 13, further comprising: predicting a worst-case protection range of the RF system transmitter;predicting a predicted protection range of the RF system transmitter; anddisplaying the worst-case and predicted protection ranges of the RF system transmitter. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the correction value comprises calculating the correction value according to: ΔP1=ECMmeas—at—first—location−ECMunref—at—first—location where ΔP1 is the correction value, ECMmeas—at—first—location is the actual received power level of the RF signal at the first location, and ECMunref—at—first—location is the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location, wherein calculating the predicted received RF signal at the second location comprises:calculating an unrefined predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location; andcalculating the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location according to: ECMref—at—second—location=ECMunref—at—second—location+ΔP1where ECMref—at—second—location is the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location, and ECMunref—at—second—location is the unrefined predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location. 17. The method of claim 1 wherein calculating a predicted received power level of the RF signal comprises calculating a predicted received power level of the RF signal using a propagation and scenario model. 18. The method of claim 17 further comprising adapting parameters of the model to substantially fit the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location to the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein adapting the parameters of the model comprises using a heuristic method to substantially fit the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location to the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the heuristic method comprises at least one of: a genetic algorithm, an evolutionary algorithm, Tabu search, simulated annealing, and a memetic algorithm. 21. The method of claim 18, further comprising: in the RF system transmitter:transmitting at least one pilot signal as part of the RF signal, wherein measuring an actual received power level of the RF signal comprises measuring an actual received power level of the at least one pilot signal transmitted by the RF system transmitter. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein at least one of amplitude, phase, and center frequency of at least one of the at least one pilot signal is adjusted to determine a set of scenario model parameters that, for each one of the at least one pilot signal frequencies, substantially fit the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location to the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location. 23. The method of claim 22, further comprising: in the device:communicating with the RF system to control the adjustment of the at least one of amplitude, phase, and center frequency of the at least one of the at least one pilot signal. 24. The method of claim 21, wherein only a single pilot signal is used at any moment and a center frequency of the single pilot signal is varied across a plurality of frequencies, wherein the model parameters are adapted to: a) substantially fit the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location to the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location for each frequency of the plurality of pilot signal frequencies; andb) estimate uncertainty in at least one model parameter based on discrepancies between the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location and the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location, where the predicted received power level of the RF signal is calculated using the adapted set of model parameters. 25. The method of claim 18, further comprising estimating uncertainty associated with at least one parameter of the propagation and scenario model based on discrepancies between the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location and an average predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location, wherein the average predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location is derived from a population of N predicted received power levels of the RF signal at the first location calculated using N scenario parameter sets. 26. A device comprising: receiver circuitry that: receives a radio frequency (RF) from an RF system transmitter physically remote from the device; andmeasures a received power level of the RF signal at a first location; and a processor that:calculates a predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location;determines a correction value based on the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location and the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location; andcalculates a predicted received power level of the RF signal at a second location using the correction value. 27. The device of claim 26, wherein the RF system transmitter comprises an electronic countermeasures (ECM) system transmitter, and the RF signal generated by the RF system transmitter comprises an ECM signal. 28. The device of claim 27, wherein the processor predicts probabilistic ability of the RF signal at the second location to prevent triggering of a potential threat device at the second location based on the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location and potential threat device characteristics. 29. The device of claim 28, wherein the potential threat device characteristics comprise a predicted response of the potential threat device to the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location. 30. The device of claim 29 wherein the predicted response of the potential threat device to the predicted received power level of the RF signal comprises a predicted response of the potential threat device to a given jamming-to-signal ratio. 31. The device of claim 28, further comprising a user interface having: a display that displays the probabilistic ability of the RF signal to prevent triggering of the potential threat device at the second location; andinput controls that allow a user to control the display and edit parameters of a propagation and scenario model that the processor uses to calculate the predicted received power level of the RF signal. 32. The device of claim 28 wherein the processor: calculates a respective predicted received power level of the RF signal for each location of a plurality of locations in an area around the device using the correction value; andfor each location:predicts probabilistic ability of the RF signal at the location to prevent triggering of the potential threat device at the location based on the respective predicted received power level of the RF signal at the location and the potential threat device characteristics. 33. The device of claim 32, wherein the potential threat device characteristics comprise a predicted response of the potential threat device to the respective predicted received power level of the RF signal for each location of the plurality of locations in the area. 34. The device of claim 33, wherein the processor determines a protection range of the RF system by determining a boundary at which the probabilistic ability of the RF signal generated by the RF signal transmitter to prevent triggering of the potential threat device is at a safety threshold. 35. The device of claim 34, further comprising a display, wherein the display displays the protection range of the RF system. 36. The device of claim 32, wherein the processor uses a propagation and scenario model to calculate the predicted received power level of the RF signal at each location. 37. The device of claim 36, wherein the receiver circuitry measures the power level of the RF signal by measuring power of at least one pilot signal generated by the RF system transmitter, and wherein the processor adapts parameters of the model to: a) substantially fit the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location to the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location for each of the pilot signal frequencies; andb) estimate uncertainty in at least one of the parameters of the model based on discrepancies between the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location and the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location predicted using the adapted set of model parameters. 38. The device of claim 37, wherein the device communicates, using its receiver circuitry, with the RF system transmitter to adjust the at least one pilot signal generated by the RF system transmitter. 39. The device of claim 38, wherein the adjustment of the at least one pilot signal comprises adjustment of at least one of amplitude, phase, and center frequency of at least one of the at least one pilot signal, and wherein the processor adapts the parameters of the model to substantially fit the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location to the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location for each of the pilot signal frequencies. 40. The method of claim 36, wherein the processor predicts uncertainty associated with at least one parameter of the propagation and scenario model based on discrepancies between the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location and the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location, wherein the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location comprises an average of N predicted received power levels of the RF signal at the first location calculated using N sets of scenario parameters. 41. The device of claim 36, wherein the processor: calculates a predicted received power level of the RF signal for each location N times using a different set of propagation and scenario parameters for each of the N times; anddetermines an average of the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal for each location, wherein the processor predicts the probabilistic ability of the RF signal to prevent triggering of the potential threat device at each location using the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal at the location. 42. The device of claim 41, further comprising a display, wherein: the processor: determines a worst-case predicted received power level of the RF signal at each location from the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal at each location;determines a best-case predicted received power level of the RF signal at each location from the N predicted received power levels of the RF signal at each location; predicts a worst-case predicted RF system protection range; andcalculates a predicted RF system protection range; andthe display: shows the predicted RF system protection range and the worst-case RF system protection range. 43. The device of claim 36 wherein the processor adapts parameters of the propagation and scenario model to substantially fit the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location to the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location. 44. The device of claim 26, wherein the receiver circuitry comprises: an antenna system that receives the RF signal; anda spectrum analyzer that measures the received power level of the RF signal. 45. The device of claim 26, wherein the processor determines the correction value according to: ΔP1=ECMmeas—at—first—location−ECMunref—at—first—location where ΔP1 is the correction value, ECMmeas—at—first—location is the measured received power level of the RF signal at the first location, and ECMunref—at—first—location is the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the first location, wherein the processor:calculates an unrefined predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location; andcalculates the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location according to: ECMref—at—second—location=ECMunref—at—second—location+ΔP1where ECMref—at—second—location is the predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location, and ECMunref—at—second—location is the unrefined predicted received power level of the RF signal at the second location. 46. The device of claim 26, wherein the processor: generates a spectrum mismatch cost function based on a comparison of the predicted RF system spectrum at the first location and the measured RF system spectrum at the first location; andindicates a fault/anomaly if the mismatch cost function exceeds a threshold value. 47. A computer readable medium having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a computer to carry out a method comprising the steps of: calculating a predicted power level of a radio frequency (RF) signal at a first location;determining a correction value based on the predicted power level of the RF signal at the first location and an actual measured received power level of the RF signal measured at the first location; andcalculating a predicted power level of the RF signal at a second location using the correction value. 48. The computer readable medium of claim 47, wherein the RF signal comprises an electronic countermeasures (ECM) signal, and the method further comprises: predicting probabilistic ability of the RF signal to prevent triggering of a potential threat device at the second location based on the predicted power level of the RF signal at the second location and potential threat device characteristics.

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