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Polyopoly overlapping spread spectrum communication system and method

  • US 5,274,665 A
  • Filed: 08/05/1991
  • Issued: 12/28/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A spread spectrum communications system for use over a communications channel, comprising:

  • a first transmitter-generic-chip-code generator for generating a first generic-chip-code signal having a chip rate;

    a first transmitter-message-chip-code generator for generating a first message-chip-code signal having the chip rate;

    a first EXCLUSIVE-OR gate coupled to said first transmitter-message-chip-code generator for spread-spectrum processing first message data with the first message-chip-code signal to generate a first spread-spectrum signal;

    a first combiner coupled to said first transmitter-generic-chip-code generator and said first EXCLUSIVE-OR gate for combining the first generic-chip-code signal with the first spread-spectrum-processed signal;

    a first transmitter coupled to said first combiner for transmitting the combined first generic-chip-code signal and first spread-spectrum-processed signal, on a first carrier signal at a first carrier frequency over said communications channel as a first spread-spectrum-communications signal;

    a second transmitter-generic-chip-code generator for generating a second generic-chip-code signal having the chip rate;

    a second transmitter-message-chip-code generator for generating a second message-chip-code signal having the chip rate;

    a second EXCLUSIVE-OR gate coupled to said second transmitter-message-chip-code generator for spread-spectrum processing second message data with the second message-chip-code signal to generate a second spread-spectrum signal;

    a second combiner coupled to said second transmitter-generic-chip-code generator and said second EXCLUSIVE-OR gate for combining the second generic-chip-code signal with the second spread-spectrum-processed signal;

    a second transmitter coupled to said second combiner for transmitting the combined second generic-chip-code signal and second spread-spectrum-processed signal, on a second carrier signal at a second carrier frequency offset from the first carrier frequency by the chip rate, over said communications channel as a second spread-spectrum-communications signal;

    a first receiver-generic-chip-code generator for generating a replica of the first generic-chip-code signal;

    a first generic mixer coupled to said first receiver-generic-chip-code generator for recovering the first carrier signal from the first spread-spectrum-communications signal as a first recovered-carrier signal;

    a first receiver-message-chip-code generator coupled to said first receiver-generic-chip-code signal for generating a replica of the first message-chip-code signal;

    a first message mixer coupled to said first receiver-message-chip-code generator responsive to the replica of the first message-chip-code signal for despreading the first spread-spectrum-communications signal as a first modulated-data signal;

    a first message-bandpass filter coupled to said first receiver-message-mixer device for filtering the first modulated-data signal;

    a first-generic-bandpass filter coupled to said first generic-mixer device for filtering the first recovered-carrier signal recovered from the first spread-spectrum-communications signal;

    a first tracking and acquisition circuit coupled to an output of said first generic-bandpass filter and to said first receiver-generic-chip-code generator, said first tracking and acquisition circuit responsive to acquiring and tracking the first recovered-carrier signal for synchronizing the first generic-chip-code signal to the first recovered-carrier signal;

    a first power splitter coupled between said communications channel, said first generic-mixer device and said first receiver-message-mixer device for dividing the first spread-spectrum-communications signal between said first generic-mixer device and said first receiver-message-mixer device;

    a first synchronous detector coupled to said first message-bandpass filter and said first generic-bandpass filter, responsive to the first recovered-carrier signal recovered by the first generic-mixer device for synchronously demodulating the first modulated-data signal as a first detected signal;

    a second receiver-generic-chip-code generator for generating a replica of the second generic-chip-code signal;

    a second generic mixer coupled to said second receiver-generic-chip-code generator for recovering the second carrier signal from the second spread-spectrum-communications signal as a second recovered-carrier signal;

    a second receiver-message-chip-code generator coupled to said second receiver-generic-chip-code signal and synchronized to the replica of the second generic-chip-code signal for generating a replica of the second message-chip-code signal;

    a second message mixer coupled to said second receiver-message-chip-code generator responsive to the replica of the second message-chip-code signal for despreading the second spread-spectrum-communications signal as a second modulated-data signal;

    a second message-bandpass filter coupled to said second receiver-message-mixer device for filtering the second modulated-data signal;

    a second-generic-bandpass filter coupled to said second generic-mixer device for filtering the second recovered-carrier signal recovered from the second spread-spectrum-communications signal;

    a second tracking and acquisition circuit coupled to an output of said second generic-bandpass filter and to said second receiver-generic-chip-code generator, said second tracking and acquisition circuit responsive to acquiring and tracking the second recovered-carrier signal for synchronizing the second generic-chip-code signal to the second recovered-carrier signal;

    a second power splitter coupled between said communications channel, said second generic-mixer device and said second receiver-message-mixer device for dividing the second spread-spectrum-communications signal between said second generic-mixer device and said second receiver-message-mixer device; and

    a second synchronous detector coupled to said second message-bandpass filter and said second generic-bandpass filter, responsive to the second recovered-carrier signal recovered by the second generic-mixer device for synchronously demodulating the second modulated-data signal as a second detected signal.

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