Patent ID: 7006474

Claim:
A channelizing receiver, said channelizing receiver including a plurality of channel receivers, each said channel receiver comprising: a plurality of filters, each of said filters receiving an input signal representing electromagnetic signals falling within a frequency range being monitored by said channel receiver and transmitting an output signal representing electromagnetic signals falling within a segment of said frequency range; a plurality of threshold detectors, each of said threshold detectors receiving one of said output signals and producing a detection signal if said one output signal exceeds a predetermined threshold; a signal amplitude calculation unit for receiving said output signals and said detection signals, starting an initial timing period in response to the receipt of one of said detection signals indicating detection of an electromagnetic signal and producing a magnitude signal providing the magnitude during said initial timing period of the output signal to which said one detection signal corresponds; and a channel to channel arbitration unit for receiving said magnitude signal and a first other magnitude signal from a first other channel receiver of said channelizing receiver produced in response to said first other channel receiver's detection of said electromagnetic signal during said initial timing period within a first other frequency range being monitored by said first other channel receiver, comparing said magnitude signal and said first other magnitude signal, and if said first other magnitude signal is greater than said magnitude signal, inhibiting the transmission from said channel receiver of data responsive to said one detection signal.