Patent ID: 7489264

Claim:
A method of producing jamming signals comprising: receiving a wireless time reference signal from an external resource, exchanging messages over a wireless data link, and generating at least one type of jamming signal based on the time reference signal and the messages, the at least one type of jamming signal being emitted from two or more stations physically separated from one another and associated with one another in a group of stations, wherein each station in the group is associated with at least one threat warning system, wherein the messages comprise data pertaining to a usage of at least one first electronic warfare resource in a first station in the group and at least one second electronic warfare resource in at least one second station in the group, coordinating the usage of the at least one first and second resources based on the messages and the time reference signal, such that a particular type of jamming signal is emitted alternately either from the at least one first resource or from the at least one second resource essentially without any overlaps or gaps in time specifying, in each station, for each electronic warfare resource included in this station whether the resource is currently available or not for emitting jamming signals; exchanging, repeatedly, status messages with the other stations in the group, each message reflecting a current availability of the electronic warfare resource included in the station from which the message is transmitted; recording, based on any received status messages from the other stations in the group, a resource activation status for each resource of the electronic warfare resource included in the other stations in the group; determining, based on an output from the at least one threat warning system and the resources activation statuses, in a first station in the group whether at least one particular threat is appropriate to combat by means of a first electronic warfare resource in this station in coordination with at least one second electronic warfare resource in at least one second station in the group; and if such a coordination is found to be appropriate transmitting a request message from the first station to the at least one second station; and waiting for at least one reply message to be returned from the at least one second station in response to the request message; and if at least one of any received reply messages indicates a service accept emitting a jamming signal from the first electronic warfare resource in coordination with a jamming signal emitted from each of the at least one second electronic warfare resource in the at least one second station having replied with a message indicating a service accept.