Modem to be coupled to a directional transmission line of an SS multiplex communication network

• US 4,392,220 A
• Filed: 05/15/1981
• Issued: 07/05/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippon Electric Company Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Electric Company Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Satoshi, Hirosaki, Botaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Thomas A.
• Application Number:
  US06/264,163
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 370/18, 370/19, 370/20, 370/21, 370/22, 370/77, 370/78, 370/79, 375/38, 375/39, 375/100, 375/103, 364/572, 455/12, 455/19
• US Class Current: 370/479
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/00 Code division multiplex systems for frequency hopping H04B1/713
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0025 M-sequences
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/10 Code generation

Abstract

In an SS (spread spectrum) modem, a high-pass filter (81) for rejecting a low frequency component including an information signal received by demodulation, produces an SS signal component modified by a PN (pseudo noise) code sequence used for the demodulation. A multiplier (82) substantially regenerates the SS signal component. Band division may be resorted to, in which case an input filter (161) selects a partial band SS signal for the demodulation. A transit filter (164) rejects the partial band SS signal. An SS signal is sent to a destination modem through one of output filters (162) selected for the destination modem. Each generator (67, 71) may generate a PN code sequence given by a product of PN codes, one having a frame period equal to an integral multiple (unity allowed) of the PN clock period of another. Each partial band may be about 1/5 of the entire frequency band of the PN code sequence. A center portion of the band may be used in transmitting a narrow-band synchronizing signal. In a band division network, the highest partial band may be used for an SS (multiplex) signal and other partial bands, collectively for a baseband TDM signal.

Claims

1. A transmitter-receiver for use in a spread spectrum multiplex communication network comprising a directional transmission line and a plurality of modems coupled to said transmission line, said transmitter-receiver being comprised by each of said modems to be responsive to a first spread spectrum signal received from said transmission line and comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a first of a plurality of different pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by a particular information signal for reproducing said particular information signal and to be responsive to a transmission information signal for supplying said transmission line with a second spread spectrum signal comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a second of said pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by said transmission information signal, said transmitter-receiver including reception spread spectrum signal producing means responsive to said first spread spectrum signal for producing a reception spread spectrum signal, pseudo noise code sequence generating means for generating at least one of said different pseudo noise code sequences as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, first multiplying means for multiplying said reception spread spectrum signal by the first pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a first multiplied signal, low frequency component extracting means for extracting a low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency signal, means responsive to said low frequency signal for producing said particular information signal, second multiplying means for multiplying an input signal by the second pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a second multiplied signal, transmission information signal supplying means for supplying said transmission information signal to said second multiplying means as said input signal, and means responsive to a transmission spread spectrum signal for producing said second spread spectrum signal, wherein the improvement comprises combining means for combining said first and said second multiplied signals into said transmission spread spectrum signal with said low frequency component rejected from said first multiplied signal.

2. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said different pseudo noise code sequences being assigned to said specific modems, respectively, said each modem being each of said specific modems, said first pseudo noise code sequence being the pseudo noise code sequence assigned to said each specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said specific modems, said second pseudo noise code sequence being the pseudo noise code sequence assigned to said preselected modem, wherein said combining means comprises:

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal;

third multiplying means for multiplying said low frequency component rejected signal by the first pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a third multiplied signal; and

adding means for adding said second and said third multiplied signals into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

3. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said different pseudo noise code sequences being a plurality of different maximum length code sequences generated by clocks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial and with different initial values, respectively, said maximum length code sequences being assigned to said specific modems, respectively, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of said maximum length code sequences, said each modem being each of said specific modems, said first maximum length code sequence being assigned to said each specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said specific modems, wherein:

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means is for generating a second of said maximum length code sequences as said second pseudo noise code sequence that is selected in consideration of said preselected modem;

said combining means comprising;

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal; and

adding means for adding said low frequency component rejected signal and said second multiplied signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

4. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said different pseudo noise code sequences being a plurality of different maximum length code sequences generated by cloks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial and with different initial values, respectively, said maximum length code sequences being assigned to said specific modems, respectively, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of said maximum length code sequences, said each modem being each of said specific modems, said first maximum length code sequence being assigned to said each specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said specific modems, wherein:

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means is for generating a second of said maximum length code sequences as said second pseudo noise code sequence that is selected in consideration of said preselected modem;

said combining means comprising;

adding means for adding said first and said second multiplied signals into a sum signal; and

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting at least said low frequency component from said sum signal to produce said transmission spread spectrum signal.

5. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said transmitter-receiver being a particular transmitter-receiver comprised by one of said specific modems other than remaining ones of said specific modems, wherein said particular transmitter-receiver further comprises:

synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence generating means for generating a synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence with a predetermined frame period, a predetermined initial value, and a controllable frame phase;

transmission pseudo noise code sequence supplying means for supplying said synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence as a transmission pseudo noise code sequence to said closed-loop transmission line;

reception pseudo noise code sequence receiving means for receiving from said closed-loop transmission line, as a reception pseudo noise code sequence having a delayed frame phase, the transmission pseudo noise code sequence having once circulated through said closed-loop transmission line;

frame phase comparing means for comparing said controllable frame phase with said delayed frame phase to produce a phase difference signal representative of a phase difference between said controllable and said delayed frame phases;

reception pseudo noise code sequence supplying means for supplying said reception pseudo noise code sequence to said frame phase comparing means; and

control means responsive to said phase difference signal for controlling said synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence generating means to synchronize said controllable frame phase to said delayed frame phase.

6. A particular transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

said reception pseudo noise code sequence supplying means comprises;

local pseudo noise code sequence generating means responsive to said reception pseudo noise code sequence for generating a local pseudo noise code sequence with said predetermined frame period and with said predetermined initial value so as to be put in a synchronized state relative to said reception pseudo noise code sequence and to have said delayed frame phase; and

means for supplying said local pseudo noise code sequence to said frame phase comparing means;

said reception pseudo noise code sequence receiving means receiving an input spread spectrum signal multiplexed with said reception pseudo noise code sequence, said input spread spectrum signl being one of said first and said second spread spectrum signal;

said particular transmitter-receiver further comprising;

synchronism monitoring means coupled to said local pseudo noise code sequence generating means for monitoring said synchronized state to produce a switching signal having a first and a second value when said local pseudo noise code sequence is in and out of said synchronized state, respectively;

a first-stage and a second-stage multiplier;

first switching means responsive to said switching signal for making said first-stage multiplier multiply said input spread spectrum signal by said local pseudo noise code sequence to product a first-stage multiplier output signal only when said switching signal has said first value;

a bypass filter for rejecting a d.c. component from said first-stage multiplier output signal to produce a d.c. component rejected signal; and

second switching means responsive to said switching signal for making said second-stage multiplier multiply said d.c. component rejected signal by said local pseudo noise code sequence to produce a substantial reproduction of said input spread spectrum signal only when said switching signal has said first value;

said transmission pseudo noise code sequence supplying means supplying said substantial reproduction multiplexed with said transmission pseudo noise code sequence.

7. A particular transmitter-receiver as claimed in claims 5 or 6, said different pseudo noise code sequence being assigned to said specific modems, respectively, said first pseudo noise code sequence being the pseudo noise code sequence assigned to said one specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said remaining specific modems, said second pseudo noise code sequence being the pseudo noise code sequence assigned to said preselected modem, wherein said combining means comprises:

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal;

third multiplying means for multiplying said low frequency component rejected signal by said first pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a third multiplied signal; and

adding means for adding said second and said third multiplied signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

8. A particular transmitter-receiver as claimed in claims 5 or 6, said different pseudo noise code sequences being a plurality of different maximum length code sequences generated by clocks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial and with different initial values, respectively, said synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence being a synchronizing maximum length code sequence generated by clocks having said predetermined clock period in compliance with a different generating polynomial specifying said predetermined frame period and with said predetermined initial value, said different maximum length code sequences being assigned to said one and said remaining specific modems, respectively, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of said maximum length code sequences that is assigned to said one specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said remaining specific modems, wherein,

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means is for generating a second of said different maximum length code sequences as said second pseudo noise code sequence that is selected in consideration of said preselected modem;

said combining means comprising;

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal; and

adding means for adding said low frequency component rejected signal and said second multiplied signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

9. A particular transmitter-receiver as claimed in claims 5 or 6, said different pseudo noise code sequences being a plurality of different maximum length code sequences generated by clocks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial and with different initial values, respectively, said synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence being a synchronizing maximum length code sequence generated by clocks having said predetermined clock period in compliance with a different generating polynomial specifying said predetermined frame period and with said predetermined initial value, said different maximum length code sequences being assigned to said one and said remaining specific modems, respectively, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of said different maximum length code sequences that is assigned to said one specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said remaining specific modems, wherein:

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means is for generating a second of said different maximum length code sequences as said second pseudo noise code sequence that is selected in consideration of said preselected modem;

said combining means comprising;

adding means for adding said first and said second multiplied signals into a sum signal; and

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting at least said low frequency component from said sum signal to produce said transmission spread spectrum signal.

10. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in Claim 1, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said different pseudo noise code sequences excepting a predetermined one thereof being assigned to said specific modems, respectively, said predetermined pseudo noise code sequence being assigned in common to said specific modems, said each modem being each of said specific modems, said first pseudo noise code sequence being the pseudo noise code sequence assigned to said each specific modem, said second pseudo noise code sequence being the pseudo noise code sequence assigned to a preselected one of said specific modems, said each specific modem being operable in a selected one of a communicating mode of transmitting said transmission information signal to said preselected modem and receiving said particular information signal from said preselected modem, a carrier sensing mode of sensing whether said second pseudo noise code sequence is present or absent in said first spread spectrum signal, a broadcast transmitting mode of transmitting said transmission information signal to others of said specific modems as said second spread spectrum signal, and a broadcast receiving mode of receiving a broadcast spread spectrum signal supplied thereto as said first spread spectrum signal, wherein:

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means comprises;

first pseudo noise code sequence generating means for generating said predetermined and said first pseudo noise code sequences as said at least one pseudo noise code sequence in said broadcast transmitting mode and in each of said broadcast receiving, said carrier sensing, and said communicating modes, respectively; and

second pseudo noise code sequence generating means for generating said predetermined and said second pseudo noise code sequences as said at least one pseudo noise code sequence in each of said broadcast receiving and transmitting modes and in each of said carrier sensing and said communicating modes, respectively;

said first multiplying means being for further multiplying said first spread spectrum signal by the pseudo noise code sequence generated by said first pseudo noise code sequence generating means as said predetermined pseudo noise code sequence to produce said first multiplied signal;

said second multiplying means being for further multiplying said input signal by the pseudo noise code sequence generated by said second pseudo noise code sequence generating means as said predetermined pseudo noise code sequence to produce said second multiplied signal;

said transmitter-receiver further comprising control signal producing means for producing a control signal having a first and a second value in each of said broadcast receiving and said carrier sensing modes and in each of said broadcast transmitting and said communicating modes, respectively;

said transmission information signal supplying means comprising a first switch responsive to the control signal of said first value for supplying said reception spread spectrum signal to said second multiplying means as said input signal and responsive to the control signal of said second value for supplying said transmission information signal to said second multiplying means as said input signal;

said combining means comprising;

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal;

third multiplying means for multiplying said low frequency component rejected signal by the pseudo noise code sequence generated by said first pseudo noise code sequence generating means as either of said predetermined and said first pseudo noise code sequences to produce a third multiplied signal;

adding means for adding said first multiplied signal and an addend signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal;

and

a second switch responsive to the control signal of said first value for supplying no signal to said adding means as said addend signal and instead producing said second multiplied signal as a switch output signal and responsive to the control signal of said second value for supplying said second multiplied signal to said adding means as said addend signal;

said transmitter-receiver still further comprising means responsive to said switch output signal for reproducing the particular information signal included in said broadcast spread spectrum signal and for sensing whether said second pseudo noise code sequence is present or absent in said first spread spectrum signal.

11. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in Claim 1, said different pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial with different initial values, respectively, said predetermined clock period defining a predetermined frequency band, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said modems, wherein:

said predetermined frequency band is made to comprise first through I-th partial frequency bands having a substantially common partial bandwidth and not substantially overlapping each other, where I represents a predetermined integer greater than unity;

said modems being classified into first through I-th groups, each group consisting of at least two of said modems, said first through said I-th partial frequency bands being allotted to said first through said I-th groups, respectively, different ones of said different pseudo noise code sequences being assigned to the respective modems in each group, said each modem being a modem in a group allotted with a particular one of said partial frequency bands, said preselected modem being a modem in a group allotted with a preselected one of said partial frequency bands, said first spread sprectrum signal comprising a particular spread spectrum component in said particular partial frequency band;

said reception spread spectrum signal producing means comprising means for extracting said particular spread spectrum component from said first spread spectrum signal as said reception spread spectrum signal;

said combining means comprising;

first through I-th filters having passbands at said first through said I-th partial frequency bands, respectively;

means for selecting one of said first through said I-th filters that has a passband at said preselected partial frequency band, said selected filter being responsive to said second multiplied signal for producing a partial band spread spectrum signal in said preselected partial frequency band;

particular spread spectrum component rejecting means for rejecting said particular spread spectrum component from said first spread spectrum signal to produce a particular spread spectrum component rejected signal; and

composing means for composing said first multiplied signal, said partial band spread spectrum signal, and said particular spread spectrum component rejected signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal with said low frequency component rejected from said first multiplied signal.

12. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 11, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, the modems of said first through said I-th groups comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, each of said first through said I-th groups consisting of at least two of said specific modems, different ones of said different pseudo noise code sequences being assigned to the specific modems in each group, respectively, said each modem being a specific modem that is in the group allotted with said particular partial frequency band and that is assigned with said first pseudo noise code sequence, said preselected modem being a specific modem that is in the group allotted with said preselected partial frequency band and that is assigned with said second pseudo noise code sequence, wherein said composing means comprises:

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal;

third multiplying means for multiplying said low frequency component rejected signal by the first pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a third multiplied signal; and

adding means for adding said third multiplied signal, said partial band spread spectrum signal, and said particular spread spectrum component rejected signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

13. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claims 11 or 12, said first spread spectrum signal including a synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence generated by clocks having said predetermined clock period in compliance with a different generating polynomial and with a predetermined initial value, wherein said transmitter-receiver further comprises:

synchronizing signal regenerating means responsive to said reception spread spectrum signal for regenerating said synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence; and

means for supplying said regenerated synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence to said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to synchronize the first pseudo noise code sequence generated thereby to the first pseudo noise code sequence carrying said particular information signal in said first spread spectrum signal;

said composing means producing said transmission spread spectrum signal with the synchronizing pseudo noise code sequence included in said first spread spectrum signal substantially included therein.

14. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 11, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, the modems of said first through said I-th groups comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, each of said first through said I-th groups consisting of at least two of said specific modems, said different pseudo noise code sequences being a plurality of different maximum length code sequences generated by clocks having said predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial and with said different initial values, respectively, different ones of said maximum length code sequences being assigned to the specific modems in each group, respectively, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of said maximum length code sequences, said each modem being a specific modem that is in the group allotted with said particular partial frequency band and that is assigned with said first maximum length code sequence, said preselected modem being a specific modem that is in the group allotted with said preselected partial frequency band, wherein:

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means is for generating a second of said maximum length code sequences as said second noise code sequence that is selected in consideration of said preselected modem;

said composing means comprising;

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal; and

adding means for adding said low frequency component rejected signal, said partial band spread spectrum signal, and said particular spread spectrum component rejected signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

15. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said different pseudo noise code sequences being a plurality of different maximum length code sequences generated by clocks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial and with different initial values, respectively, said predetermined clock period defining a predetermined frequency band, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said specific modems, wherein:

said predetermined frequency band is made to comprise first through I-th partial frequency bands having a substantially common partial bandwidth and not substantially overlapping each other, where I represents a predetermined integer greater than unity;

said specific modems being classified into first through I-th groups, each group consisting of at least two of said specific modems, said first through said I-th partial frequency bands being allotted to said first through said I-th groups, respectively, different ones of said maximum length code sequences being assigned to the specific modems in each group, respectively, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of said maximum length code sequences, said each modem being a specific modem that is in a group allotted with a particular one of said partial frequency bands and that is assigned with said first maximum length code sequence, said preselected modem being in a group allotted with a preselected one of said partial frequency bands, said first spread spectrum signal comprising a particular spread spectrum component in said particular partial frequency band;

said reception spread spectrum signal producing means comprising means for extracting said particular spread spectrum component from said first spread spectrum signal as said reception spread spectrum signal;

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means being for generating a second of said maximum length code sequences as said second pseudo noise code sequence that is selected in consideration of said preselected modem;

said combining means comprising;

adding means for adding said first and said second multiplied signals into a sum signal;

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting at least said low frequency component from said sum signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal;

first through I-th filters having passbands at said first through said I-th partial frequency bands, respectively;

means for selecting one of said first through said I-th filters that has a passband at said preselected partial frequency band, said selected filter being responsive to said low frequency component rejected signal for producing a partial band spread spectrum signal in said preselected partial frequency band;

particular spread spectrum component rejecting means for rejecting said particular spread spectrum component from said first spread spectrum signal to produce a particular spread spectrum component rejected signal; and

composing means for composing said low frequency component rejected signal, said partial band spread spectrum signal, and said particular spread spectrum component rejected signal into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

16. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claims 14 or 15, said first spread spectrum signal including a synchronizing maximum length code sequence generated by clocks having said predetermined clock period in compliance with a different generating polynomial and with a predetermined initial value, wherein said transmitter-receiver further comprises:

synchronizing signal regenerating means responsive to said reception spread spectrum signal for regenerating said synchronizing maximum length code sequence; and

means for supplying said regenerated synchronizing maximum length code sequence to said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to synchronize the first maximum length code sequence generated thereby to the first maximum length code sequence carrying said particular information signal in said first spread spectrum signal;

said composing means producing said transmission spread spectrum signal with the synchronizing maximum length code sequence included in said first spread spectrum signal substantially included therein.

17. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in any one of claims 11, 12, 14, and 15, wherein:

said predetermined frequency band is made to further comprise a synchronizing signal transmission band at a center portion of said predetermined frequency band so as not to substantially overlap said first through said I-th partial frequency bands, said first spread spectrum signal including a synchronizing signal in said synchronizing signal transmission band;

said reception spread spectrum signal producing means further comprising;

a band-pass filter having a passband at said synchronizing signal transmission band for deriving said synchronizing signal from said first spread spectrum signal; and

means for supplying said derived synchronizing signal to said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to synchronize the first pseudo noise code sequence generated thereby to the first pseudo noise code sequence carrying said particular information signal in said first spread spectrum signal;

said composing means producing said particular spread spectrum component rejected signal with the synchronised signal included in said first spread spectrum signal included therein.

18. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1, said modems dealing with information signals of a plurality of different data clock periods, each of said particular and said transmission information signals having one of said different data clock periods, wherein:

said different pseudo noise code sequences consist of pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th family, where Q represents a predetermined integer greater than unity, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one of said modems that deals with information signals of a shortest of said different data clock periods, said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one of said modems that deals with information signals of a longest of said different data clock periods, said first-family through said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th kind, said first-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a first clock period in compliance with a first generating polynomial specifying a first frame period not longer than said shortest data clock period and with different initial values, respectively, the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a q-th clock period in compliance with a q-th generating polynomial specifying a q-th frame period and with different initial values, respectively, where q represents an integer between two and Q, both inclusive, said q-th clock period being equal to an integral multiple of the (q-1)-th frame period, said integral multiple being selected from natural numbers for each of the second through the Q-th clock periods, the Q-th frame period being not longer than said longest data clock period, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by those of said first-kind pseudo noise code sequences, respectively, which are preselected with at least one first-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining, each of the q-th family pseudo noise code sequences being given by a product of a first through a q-th component pseudo noise code sequence, the first through the (q-1)-th component pseudo noise code sequence being those preselected one from the at least one remaining pseudo noise code sequences of each of the first through the (q-1)-th kinds, the q-th component pseudo noise code sequence being one preselected from the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences with at least one q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining unless q is equal to Q, each component pseudo noise code sequence used to provide said product being preselected so as not to be in duplication with any one of the component pseudo noise code sequences used to provide the products for others of said q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences;

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means being for generating at least one q'"'"'-th-family pseudo noise code sequence as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, where q'"'"' represents an integer selected between unity and Q, both inclusive, so that the q'"'"'-th frame period be not longer than said one data clock period and nearest thereto among said first through said Q-th frame periods.

19. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 18, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said first-family through said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being assigned to said specific modems according to the data clock periods of information signals thereby dealt with, said each modem being each of said specific modems, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of said q'"'"'-th-family pseudo noise code sequences that is assigned to said each specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said specific modems that deals with information signals of said one data clock period, said second pseudo noise code sequence being a second of said q'"'"'-th-family pseudo noise code sequences that is assigned to said preselected modem, wherein said combining means comprises:

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal;

third multiplying means for multiplying said low frequency component rejected signal by the first q'"'"'-th-family pseudo noise code sequence to produce a third multiplied signal; and

adding means for adding said second and said third multiplied signals into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

20. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1, said modems dealing with information signals of a plurality of different data clock periods, each of said particular and said transmission information signals having one of said different data clock periods, wherein:

said different pseudo noise code sequences consist of pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th family, where Q represents a predetermined integer greater than unity, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one of said modems that deals with information signals of a shortest of said different data clock periods, said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one of said modems that deals with information signals of a longest of said different data clock periods, said first-family through said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th kind, said first-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a first clock period in compliance with a first generating polynominal specifying a first frame period not longer than said shortest data clock period and with different initial values, respectively, the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a q-th clock period in compliance with a q-th generating polynominal specifying a q-th frame period and with different initial values, respectively, where q represents an integer between two and Q, both inclusive, said q-th clock period being equal to an integral multiple of the (q-1)-th frame period, said integral multiple being selected from natural numbers for each of the second through the Q-th clock periods, the Q-th frame period being not longer than said longest data clock period, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by combinations of a first set, respectively, each first-set combination consisting of only one pseudo noise code sequence preselected from said first-kind pseudo noise code sequence with at least one first-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining, each of the q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by a product of a first through a q-th component pseudo noise code sequence, the first through the (q-1)-th component pseudo noise code sequencies being those preselected one from the at least one remaining pseudo noise code sequences of each of the first through the (q-1)-th kinds, the q-th component pseudo noise code sequence being one preselected from the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences with at least one q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining unless q is equal to Q, each of said first through said q-th component pseudo noise code sequences used to provide said product being preselected so as not to be in duplication with any one of the first through the q-th component pseudo noise code sequences which are used to provide the products for others of said q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences;

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means being for generating at least one component pseudo noise code sequence of the q'"'"'-th-set combination for use as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, where q'"'"' represents an integer selected between unity and Q, both inclusive, so that the q'"'"'-th frame period be not longer than said one data clock period and be nearest thereto among said first through said Q-th frame periods;

said first multiplying means comprising means for producing said first multiplied signal by multiplying said reception spread spectrum signal in a predetermined order by the at least one component pseudo noise code sequence of said q'"'"'-th-set combination for use as said first pseudo noise code sequence;

said second multiplying means comprising means for producing said second multiplied signal by multiplying said transmission information signal in a preselected order by the at least one component pseudo noise code sequence of said q'"'"'-th-set combination for use as said second pseudo noise code sequence.

21. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 20, said transmission line comprising a closed-loop transmission line, said modems comprising a plurality of specific modems coupled to said closed-loop transmission line, said first-family through said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being assigned to said specific modems, respectively, according to the data clock periods of information signals thereby dealt with, said each modem being each of said specific modems, said first pseudo noise code sequence being a first of the q'"'"'-th-family pseudo noise code sequences that is assigned to said each specific modem, said transmission information signal being for reception by a preselected one of said specific modems that deals with information signals of said one data clock period, said second pseudo noise code sequence being a second of said q'"'"'-th-family pseudo noise code sequence that is assigned to said preselected modem, wherein said combining means comprises:

low frequency component rejecting means for rejecting said low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency component rejected signal;

third multiplying means for multiplying said low frequency component rejected signal in said preselected order by the at least one component pseudo noise code sequence of said q'"'"'-th-set combination for use as said first pseudo noise code sequence, said third multiplying means thereby producing a third multiplied signal; and

adding means for adding said second and said third multiplied signals into said transmission spread spectrum signal.

22. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 1 and being further responsive to a first time division multiplex signal comprising a particular bit sequence and received through said transmission line for reproducing said particular bit sequence and responsive to an input information signal for supplying said transmission line with a second time division multiplex signal comprising a transmission bit sequence representative of said input information signal, said different pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynominal and with different initial values, respectively, said predetermined clock period defining a predetermined frequency band, wherein:

said predetermined frequency band is divided into an upper and a lower frequency band, said upper frequency band being not narrower than about a fifth of said predetermined frequency band and being for transmitting the first and the second spread spectrum signals having a frequency band restricted to said upper frequency band, said lower frequency band being for transmitting the first and the second time division multiplex signals having a frequency band restricted to said lower frequency band;

said reception spread spectrum signal producing means comprising an input high-pass filter responsive to said first band restricted spread spectrum signal for producing said reception spread spectrum signal;

said second spread spectrum signal supplying means comprising an output high-pass filter responsive to said transmission spread spectrum signal for producing said second band restricted spread spectrum signal as said second spread spectrum signal;

said transmitter-receiver further comprising;

an input low-pass filter responsive to said first band restricted time division multiplex signal for producing a received time division multiplex signal;

means responsive to said received time division multiplex signal for separating said particular bit sequence from other bit sequences comprised by said received time division multiplex signal to reproduce said particular bit sequence;

means responsive to said input information signal for producing said transmission bit sequence;

means for multiplexing said transmission and said other bit sequences into a transmission time division multiplex signal,

and

an output low-pass filter responsive to said transmission time division multiplex signal for producing said second band restricted time division multiplex signal.

23. In a transmitter-receiver for use in a spread spectrum multiplex communication network comprising an up and a down transmission line and a plurality of modems coupled to said up and said down transmission lines, said transmitter-receiver being comprised by each of said modems to be responsive to a first spread spectrum signal received from said down transmission line and comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a first of a plurality of different pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by a particular information signal for reproducing said particular information signal and to be responsive to a transmission information signal for supplying towards a preselected one of said modems through said up transmission line a second spread spectrum signal comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a second of said pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by said transmission information signal, said transmitter-receiver including reception spread spectrum signal producing means responsive to said first spread spectrum signal for producing a reception spread spectrum signal, pseudo noise code sequence generating means for generating at least one of said different pseudo noise code sequences as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, first multiplying means for multiplying said reception spread spectrum signal by the first pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a first multiplied signal, low frequency component extracting means for extracting a low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency signal, means responsive to said low frequency signal for producing said particular information signal, second multiplying means for multiplying said transmission information signal by the second pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a second multiplied signal, and second spread spectrum signal supplying means for supplying said second multiplied signal as said second spread spectrum signal to said up transmission line, said different pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a predetermined clock period in compliance with a single generating polynomial and with different initial values, respectively, said predetermined clock period defining a predetermined frequency band, the improvement wherein:

said predetermined frequency band is made to comprise first through I-th partial frequency bands having a substantially common partial bandwidth and not substantially overlapping each other, where I represents a predetermined integer greater than unity;

said modems being classified into first through I-th groups, each group consisting of at least two of said modems, said first through said I-th partial frequency bands being allotted to said first through said I-th groups, respectively, different ones of said different pseudo noise code sequences being assigned to the respective modems in each group, said each modem being a modem in a group allotted with a particular one of said partial frequency bands, said preselected modem being a modem in a group allotted with a preselected one of said partial frequency bands, said first spread spectrum signal comprising a particular spread spectrum component in said particular partial frequency band;

said reception spread spectrum signal producing means comprising means for extracting said particular spread spectrum component from said first spread spectrum signal as said reception spread spectrum signal;

said second spread spectrum signal supplying means comprising;

first through I-th filters having passbands at said first through said I-th partial frequency bands, respectively;

and

means for selecting one of said first through said I-th filters that has a passband at said preselected partial frequency band, said selected filter being responsive to said second multiplied signal for producing said second spread spectrum signal in said preselected partial frequency band.

24. A transmitter-receiver as claimed in claim 23, wherein:

said predetermined frequency band is made to further comprise a synchronizing signal transmission band at a center portion of said predetermined frequency band so as not to substantially overlap said first through said I-th partial frequency bands, said first spread spectrum signal including a synchronizing signal in said synchronizing signal transmission band;

said reception spread spectrum signal producing means further comprising;

a band-pass filter having a passband at said synchronizing signal transmission band for deriving said synchronizing signal from said first spread spectrum signal; and

means for supplying said derived synchronizing signal to said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to synchronize the first pseudo noise code sequence generated thereby to the first pseudo noise code sequence carrying said particular information signal in said first spread spectrum signal.

25. In a transmitter-receiver for use in a spread spectrum multiplex communication network comprising an up and a down transmission line and a plurality of modems coupled to said up and said down transmission lines and dealing with information signals of a plurality of different data clock periods, said transmitter-receiver being comprised by a modem dealing with information signals of one of said different data clock periods to be responsive to a first spread spectrum signal received from said down transmission line and comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a first of different pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by a particular information signal having said one data clock period for reproducing said particular information signal and to be responsive to a transmission information signal having said one data clock period for supplying towards a preselected one of the modems dealing with information signals of said one data clock period through said up transmission line a second spread spectrum signal comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a second of said pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by said transmission information signal, said transmitter-receiver including reception spread spectrum signal producing means responsive to said first spread spectrum signal for producing a reception spread spectrum signal, pseudo noise code sequence generating means for generating at least one of said different pseudo noise code sequences as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, first multiplying means for multiplying said reception spread spectrum signal by the first pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a first multiplied signal, low frequency component extracting means for extracting a low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency signal, means responsive to said low frequency signal for producing said particular information signal, second multiplying means for multiplying said transmission information signal by the second pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a second multiplied signal, and second spread spectrum signal supplying means for supplying said second multiplied signal as said second spread spectrum signal, the improvement wherein:

said different pseudo noise code sequences consist of pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th family, where Q represents a predetermined integer greater than unity, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one modem dealing with information signals of a shortest of said different data clock periods, said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one modem dealing with information signals of a longest of said different data clock rates, said first-family through said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th kind, said first-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a first clock period in compliance with a first generating polynomial specifying a first frame period not longer than said shortest data clock period and with different initial values, respectively, the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a q-th clock period in compliance with a q-th generating polynomial specifying a q-th frame period and with different initial values, respectively, where q represents an integer between two and Q, both inclusive, said q-th clock period being equal to an integral multiple of the (q-

     1)-th frame period, said integral multiple being selected from natural numbers for each of the second through the Q-th clock periods, the Q-th frame period being not longer than said longest data clock period, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by those of said first-kind pseudo noise code sequences, respectively, which are preselected with at least one first-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining, each of the q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by a product of a first through a q-th component pseudo noise code sequences, the first through the (q-1)-th component pseudo noise code sequences being those preselected one from the at least one remaining pseudo noise code sequence of each of the first through the (q-1)-th kinds, the q-th component pseudo noise code sequence being one preselected from the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences with at least one q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining unless q is equal to Q, each of said first through said q-th component pseudo noise code sequences used to provide said product being preselected so as not to be in duplication with any one of the first through the q-th component pseudo noise code sequences used to provide the products for others of said q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences;

said pseudo noise code sequence generating means being for generating at least one q'"'"'-th-family pseudo noise code sequence as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, where q'"'"' represents an integer selected between unity and Q, both inclusive, so that the q'"'"'-th frame period be not longer than said one data clock period and be nearest thereto among said first through said Q-th frame periods.

26. In a transmitter-receiver for use in a spread spectrum multiplex communication network comprising an up and a down transmission line and a plurality of modems coupled to said up and said down transmission lines and dealing with information signals of a plurality of different data clock periods, said transmitter-receiver being comprised by a modem dealing with information signals of one of said different data clock periods to be responsive to a first spread spectrum signal received from said down transmisson line and comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a first of different pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by a particular information signal having said one data clock period for reproducing said particular information signal and to be responsive to a transmissfon information signal having said one data clock period for supplying towards a preselected one of the modems dealing with information signals of said one data clock period through said up transmission line a second spread spectrum signal comprising a spread spectrum signal into which a second of said pseudo noise code sequences is modulated by said transmission information signal, said transmitter-receiver including reception spread spectrum signal producing means responsive to said first spread spectrum signal for producing a reception spread spectrum signal, pseudo noise code sequence generating means for generating at least one of said different pseudo noise code sequences as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, first multiplying means for multiplying said reception spread spectrum signal by the first pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a first multiplied signal, low frequency component extracting means for extracting a low frequency component from said first multiplied signal to produce a low frequency signal, means responsive to said low frequency signal for producing said particular information signal, second multiplying means for multiplying said transmission information signal by the second pseudo noise code sequence generated by said pseudo noise code sequence generating means to produce a second multiplied signal, and second spread spectrum signal supplying means for supplying said second multiplied signal as said second spread spectrum signal, the improvement wherein:

said different pseudo noise code sequences consist of pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th family, where Q represents a predetermined integer greater than unity, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one modem dealing with information signals of a shortest of said different data clock periods, said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being for at least one modem dealing with information signals of a longest of said different data clock periods, said first-family through said Q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by pseudo noise code sequences of a first through a Q-th kind said first-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a first clock period in compliance with a first generating polynomial specifying a first frame period not longer than said shortest data clock period and with different initial values, respectively, the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences being generated by clocks having a q-th clock period in compliance with a q-th generating polynomial specifying a q-th frame period and with different initial values, respectively, where q represents an integer between two and Q, both inclusive, said q-th clock period being equal to an integral multiple of the (q-1)-th frame period, said integral multiple being selected from natural numbers for each of the second through the Q-th clock periods, the Q-th frame period being not longer than said longest data clock period, said first-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by combinations of a first set, respectively, each first-set combination consisting of only one pseudo noise code sequence preselected from said first-kind pseudo noise code sequences with at least one first-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining, each of the q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences being given by a product of a first through a q-th component pseudo noise code sequences, the first through the (q-1)-th component pseudo noise code sequences being those preselected one from the at least one remaining pseudo noise code sequence of each of the first through the (q-1)-th kinds, the q-th component pseudo noise code sequence being one preselected from the q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequences with at least one q-th-kind pseudo noise code sequence left remaining unless q is equal to Q, each of said first through said q-th component pseudo noise code sequences used to provide said product being preselected so as not to be in duplication with any one of the first through the q-th component pseudo noise code sequences which are used to provide the products for others of said q-th-family pseudo noise code sequences;

said pseudo noise code sequences generating means being for generating at least one component pseudo noise code sequence of the q'"'"'-th-set combination for use as said first and said second pseudo noise code sequences, where q'"'"' represents an integer selected between unity and Q, both inclusive, so that the q'"'"'-th frame period be not longer than said one data clock period and be nearest thereto among said first through said Q-th frame periods;

said first multiplying means comprising means for producing said first multiplied signal by multiplying said reception spread spectrum signal in a predetermined order by the at least one component pseudo noise code sequence of said q'"'"'-th-set combination for use as said first pseudo noise code sequence;

said second multiplying means comprising means for producing said second multiplied signal by multiplying the transmission information signal supplied thereto in a preselected order by at least one component pseudo noise code sequence of said q'"'"'-th-set combination for use as said second pseudo noise code sequence.