Patent ID: 7317765
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A signal observation system (SOS) for controlling a plurality of receiver channels simultaneously, the receiver channels comprised of tunable receivers and digitizers in a hardware configuration, wherein the tunable receivers and digitizers possess inherent properties that define their respective capabilities, the SOS comprising: a processor readable storage medium; code recorded in the processor readable storage medium to process a frequency schedule that defines an observation run, the frequency schedule being comprised of a set of lists, each list corresponding to a separate receiver channel, the lists comprised of a plurality of frequencies that define the frequencies each receiver channel is to observe during execution of the observation run and how long to observe each frequency before re-tuning to the next frequency in the list; code recorded in the processor readable storage medium to generate a local synchronization signal that defines a triggering hierarchy that each receiver channel will reference during the observation run; and code recorded in the processor readable storage medium to generate a start signal that is broadcast to the receiver channels that initiates an observation run that binds each receiver channel to the frequency schedule.