Spread spectrum communication system

• US 6,212,219 B1
• Filed: 12/26/1996
• Issued: 04/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), YOZAN, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), YOZAN, Inc.
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Makoto, Takatori, Sunao, Zhou, Xuping, Shou, Guoliang, Zhou, Changming
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu, Shuwang
• Application Number:
  US08/780,137
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• Field of Search: 375/344, 375/367, 375/130, 375/140, 375/142, 375/143, 380/34, 370/342, 370/479, 370/209, 370/441
• US Class Current: 375/130
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0022 PN, e.g. Kronecker
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/10 Code generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2013/0037 Multilevel codes

Abstract

The present invention has an object to provide a spread spectrum communication system for heightening the speed of communication. The present invention transfers the first PN code sequence itself as the first component, adds and transfers zero or more instances of the second PN code sequence given a phase difference as the second component, and defines an information for transmitting by the number of the second PN codes corresponding to a cycle of said first PN code sequence.

Claims

1. A spread spectrum communication system comprising:

a transmitter for outputting data, including a first PN code sequence as a first component and a second PN code sequence shifted in phase from the first PN code sequence as a second component, so that information to be transmitted is defined by a phase difference between the first and second PN code sequences; and

a receiver for receiving the data, including

a first matched filter having a PN code sequence corresponding to the first PN code sequence for outputting a first peak when the first PN code sequence is received by said receiver, and

two second matched filters having a PN code sequence corresponding to the second PN code sequence for alternatingly receiving at least a portion of the data and outputting a second peak when the second PN code sequence is received,

wherein said two second matched filters each perform a different one of receiving at least a portion of the data and circulating the PN code sequence corresponding to the second PN code sequence, respectively,

and wherein when said first matched filter outputs the first peak, said two second matched filters switch functions of circulating the PN code sequence corresponding to the second PN code sequence and receiving at least a portion of the data.

2. The spread spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein one of the first and second components is an in-phase component and the other of the first and second components is a quadrature component.

3. The spread spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first and second components are carried by different carrier waves.

12. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 1, wherein one of the first and second components is occasionally inverted so as to define an information of one bit.

13. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 1, wherein the first and second PN code sequences are the same.

14. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 2, wherein one of the first and second components is occasionally inverted so as to define an information of one bit.

15. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 2, wherein the first and second PN code sequences are the same.

16. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 3, wherein one of the first and second components is occasionally inverted so as to define an information of one bit.

17. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 3, wherein the first and second PN code sequences are the same.

18. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 1, wherein one of the first and second components is an in-phase component and the other component is a quadrature component.

19. The spread spectrum communication system as in claim 1, wherein the first and second components are components of other channels carried by different carrier waves.

4. A spread spectrum communication system comprising a transmitter which transmits

(A) a first PN code sequence as a first component and

(B) an integrated signal of a predetermined number of second PN code sequences successively shifted as a second component,

wherein said predetermined number is an integer greater than zero, and

wherein an information to be transmitted is represented by said predetermined number.

5. The spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said first and second components are orthogonal to each other and carried by the same carrier wave.

6. A spread spectrum communication system comprising a transmitter which multiplexes

(A) a first PN code sequence and

(B) a second PN code sequence having the same cycle as said first PN code sequence,

wherein said second PN code sequence is generated by adding a predetermined number of basic PN code sequences shifted in phase, and

wherein said predetermined number is greater than zero, and

wherein an information to be transmitted is represented at least in part by phase shifts of said predetermined number of basic PN code sequences with respect to said first PN code sequence.

7. The spread spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 6, wherein a polarity of said first PN code sequence is determined according to a predetermined bit of an information to be transmitted.

8. The spread spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 6, wherein a polarity of each basic PN code sequence of said second PN code sequence is determined according to a plurality of predetermined bits of information to be transmitted.

9. The spread spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said first and second PN code sequences are generated by a single PN code generating means.

10. The spread spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said multiplexing is quadratically multiplexed using QAM modulation.

11. The spread spectrum communication system as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of said first and second PN code sequences are transmitted by carrier waves different from each other.

20. A spread spectrum communication system comprising a transmitter which transmits

(A) a first PN code sequence as a first component and

(B) an integrated signal of a predetermined number of second PN code sequences successively shifted in phase as a second component,

wherein said predetermined number is greater than zero, and

wherein an information to be transmitted is represented at least in part by phase shifts of said predetermined number of second PN code sequences.