Patent ID: 8659430

Claim:
A radio frequency signal acquisition and source location system, comprising: a first signal acquisition and source location module comprising an RF transceiver coupled to an antenna, the antenna provided with an electronic steering circuit; the antenna operative to launch an interrogation signal, the interrogation signal steerable by the electronic steering circuit; and a processor operatively coupled to the RF transceiver and the electronic steering circuit; the processor provided with a data storage for storing a signal data record for each of at least one response signal(s) received by the RF transceiver(s); the signal data record including a signal identification, a received signal strength indicator and an RF signal direction along which respective signal(s) are received by the antenna, the RF signal direction derived from the electronic steering circuit; a discrimination logic, including a probability weighting factor, operative upon the data record(s) to filter the data record(s) between an actual signal(s) and a ghost signal(s); and a position logic operative upon the data record(s) to derive a three dimensional signal origin location of each response signal.