Cognitive radio module with automatic modulation recognition
This technology is a radio device that can automatically figure out what type of wireless signal it's receiving and adjust its own internal processing to receive it better. It works by having two components talk to each other in a feedback loop: one cleans up the incoming signal (equalization), and the other identifies what kind of signal it is (automatic modulation classification). When the classification component is uncertain or underperforming, it sends feedback to the signal-cleaning component, which then reconfigures itself to improve the overall result. The net effect is a radio that adapts in real time to changing wireless environments without human intervention.
What you could build
A software-defined or cognitive radio chipset or module for military communications, spectrum monitoring equipment, or interoperable public-safety radios that must operate across multiple waveforms without manual reconfiguration; buyers would be defense electronics contractors and public-safety communications vendors.
Who in Virginia should care
Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads defense contractors and systems integrators working on software-defined radio platforms and DoD communications programs would be natural licensees.
Readiness: Lab validated
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- TAMAL BOSE, Barathram Ramkumar
- Granted
- October 23, 2012
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 8295341
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Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties handles licensing for this technology.
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