Patent ID: 7038611
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting a signal from a source, using a receiver, the method comprising acts of: determining a first method for detecting the signal; determining at least one rule that defines how the receiver operates to detect signals from the source when the receiver is configured according to the first method for detecting the signal, wherein the at least one rule indicates that at least one other rule should be evaluated with the at least one rule; and selecting one of the at least one rule and the at least one other rule having the most difficult solution to detect the signal, wherein the act of selecting one of the at least one rule and the at least one other rule having the most difficult solution to detect the signal includes an act of determining a corresponding revisit time associated with each of the first method and second method for detecting the signal, and selecting the method having a lesser value of revisit time.