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Title: Remote sensing using MIMO systems

Abstract

A technique for sensing a moving object within a physical environment using a MIMO communication link includes generating a channel matrix based upon channel state information of the MIMO communication link. The physical environment operates as a communication medium through which communication signals of the MIMO communication link propagate between a transmitter and a receiver. A spatial information variable is generated for the MIMO communication link based on the channel matrix. The spatial information variable includes spatial information about the moving object within the physical environment. A signature for the moving object is generated based on values of the spatial information variable accumulated over time. The moving object is identified based upon the signature.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1178666
Patent Number(s):
9,019,148
Application Number:
13/454,802
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Apr 24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Bikhazi, Nicolas, Young, William F, and Nguyen, Hung D. Remote sensing using MIMO systems. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Bikhazi, Nicolas, Young, William F, & Nguyen, Hung D. Remote sensing using MIMO systems. United States.
Bikhazi, Nicolas, Young, William F, and Nguyen, Hung D. 2015. "Remote sensing using MIMO systems". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1178666.
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