Vito Etal Salluce

US Patent:

20070177654, Aug 2, 2007

Filed:

Jan 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/343731

Inventors:

Vladimir Levitine - Mountainside NJ, US
Vito Salluce - Fairfield NJ, US
Thomas Joseph Schwork - Sparta NJ, US

International Classification:

H04B 1/00

US Classification:

375130

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for detecting one or more of spread spectrum signals of two or more types having distinct statistical characteristics to identify a signal input to an amplifier having an input terminal. The method comprises determining a signal characteristic of the signal input to associate the one or more of spread spectrum signals with one of the two or more types in response to an indication of statistical characteristics associated with the one or more of spread spectrum signals at the input terminal of the amplifier. The method further comprises distinguishing between the one or more of spread spectrum signals of the two or more types based on the statistical characteristics associated therewith.