Spread-spectrum communication system

• US 5,177,767 A
• Filed: 03/04/1991
• Issued: 01/05/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kato, Ichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): CAIN, DAVID C
• Application Number:
  US07/664,298
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 375/1, 375/114, 380/48, 370/100, 370/102, 370/107, 370/108
• US Class Current: 375/142
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/69 Spread spectrum techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2637 with direct modulation of individual subcarriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2653 with direct demodulation of individual subcarriers

Abstract

In order to eliminate the need for spread-spectrum code synchronization, a code divided into a suitable number of digits is applied to a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter multiplies an original signal by each subdivision of the code to produce n-number of new baseband signals. Carrier waves having n-types of frequencies are modulated by these signals and the modulated signals are added to obtain an ultra-wide band signal, which is then transmitted to the receiver. The receiver separates the received signal into the narrow band components which prevailed prior to the adding operation in the transmitter, and then demodulates each component into a baseband signal. Each of these demodulated signals is multiplied by a code the same as that on the transmitting side, whereby n-number of original signals are obtained. Original signals obtained from a signal spread by a code different from that of the receiver are not n in number. Thus, spread-spectrum communication can be realized without requiring spread-spectrum code synchronization.

Claims

1. A spread-spectrum signal transmitting apparatus comprising:

first generating means for generating, in parallel, a plurality of carrier-wave signals having frequencies that different from one another;

second generating means for generating a spread-spectrum code sequence having a plurality of digits; and

modulating means for modulating each of the plurality of carrier-wave signals generated by said first generating means, based upon information to be transmitted and each of the plurality of digits generated by said second generating means.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first generating means comprise a plurality of local oscillators.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second generating means generates digits the number of which is the same as the number of carrier-wave signals generated by said first generating means.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second generating means generates a spread-spectrum code sequence having digits the number of which is the same as, or a whole-number multiple of, the number of frequencies generated by said first generating means.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said modulating means modulates each of the plurality of carrier-wave signals, which are generated by said first generating means, into a frequency

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said modulating means has multipliers the number of which is the same as the number of the plurality of digits generated by said second generating means;

transmitted information being supplied in parallel to respective ones of said multipliers, each multiplier multiplying the transmitted, information by a respective one of the plurality of digits generated by said second generating means.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said modulating means modulates the plurality of carrier-wave signals, which are generated by said first generating means, based upon respective ones of outputs from said multipliers.

20. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said modulating means comprises a plurality of multipliers, and wherein each of the plurality of multipliers modulates each of the plurality of carrier-wave signals based upon the information to be transmitted and a corresponding one of the plurality of digits generated by said second generating means.

21. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said modulating means comprises adding means for adding a plurality of modulated signals supplied from said modulating means.

8. A spread-spectrum signal transmitting apparatus comprising:

a plurality of multiplying means for multiplying each digit of a plurality of digits of a spread-spectrum code sequence by a corresponding digit representing information to be transmitted; and

modulating means for modulating an output of each of the plurality of multiplying means by a corresponding carrier wave signal, each carrier wave signal having a different frequency.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information to be transmitted is supplied to said plurality of multiplying means in parallel.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said modulating mean comprises a plurality of local oscillators.

22. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said modulating means comprises adding means or adding a plurality of modulated signals.

23. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein each of said plurality of multiplying means multiplies tow digits included in the plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence by a corresponding digit representing the information to be transmitted.

11. A spread-spectrum signal receiving apparatus comprising:

generating means for generating a spread-spectrum code sequence having a plurality of digits;

reverse spreading means for reverse-spreading a receive signal, for each of a plurality of frequency bands based upon each of the plurality of digits generated by said generating means; and

decision means for discriminating original data based upon a reverse-spread output procured by said reverse spreading means for each frequency band of the received signal.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said levers spreading means comprises multipliers, the number of which is the same as the number of digits generated by said generating means, each multiplier multiplying the received signal by a corresponding one of the plurality of digits generated by said generating means.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said generating means generates a spread-spectrum code sequence having digits the number of which is the same as, or a whole-number multiple of, the number of multiplying means.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said reverse spreading means comprises a plurality of band-pass filters for splitting the received signal into a plurality of bandwidths.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said decision means comprises adding means for adding a reverse-spread output produced by said reverse spreading means for each of a plurality of frequency bands, said decision means discriminating the original data based upon a sum output from said adding means.

24. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said reverse spreading means reverse-spreads the received signal, for each of the plurality frequency bands, based upon two digits included in the plurality of digits generated by said generating means.

16. A spread-spectrum signal receiving apparatus comprising:

a plurality of multiplying means for multiplying each digit representing a received signal by a corresponding digit of a plurality of digits of a spread-spectrum core sequence, said multiplication being performed for each of a corresponding carrier-wave frequency; and

decision means for discriminating original data based upon outputs from said plurality of multiplying means.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said reverse spreading means comprises a plurality of band-pass filters for splitting the received signal into a plurality of bandwidths.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said decision means comprises adding means for adding outputs from said plurality of multiplying means, said decision means discriminating the original data based upon an output from said adding means.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein each of said plurality of multiplying means multiplies each of the digits representing the received signal by two corresponding digits included in the plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence.

25. A spread-spectrum communication system comprising:

a transmitting side for modulating each of a plurality of carrier-wave signals having different frequencies, based upon information to be transmitted and a plurality of digits of a spread-spectrum core sequence; and

a receiving side for demodulating a received signal for each of a plurality of frequency bands based upon search of the plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence and for discriminating the information based upon a demodulated result of each of the plurality of frequency bands, the plurality of frequency bands corresponding to frequencies of the plurality of carrier-wave signals.

26. The system according to claim 25, wherein said transmitting side comprises adding means for adding a plurality of modulated signals.

27. The system according to claim 25, wherein said transmitting side modulates each of the plurality of carrier-wave signals based upon the information to be transmitted and two digits included in the plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence.

28. The system according to claim 25, wherein said receiving side comprises a plurality of band-pass filters for splitting the received signal into a plurality of bandwidths.

29. The system according to claim 25, wherein said receiving side comprises a plurality of demodulators for demodulating each of the plurality of frequency bands.

30. The system according to claim 29, wherein said receiving side comprise a plurality of multipliers for multiplying an output of each of the plurality of modulators by the plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence.

31. The system according to claim 30, wherein said receiving side comprise an adder for adding outputs of the plurality of multipliers, said receiving side discriminating the information to be transmitted based upon an output of said adder.

32. The system according to claim 30, wherein each of said plurality of multipliers multiplies an output of each of the plurality of demodulators by two digits included in the plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence.

33. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said transmitting side modulates each of the plurality of carrier-wave signals in parallel based upon the information to be transmitted and the plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence.

34. A wireless communication system comprising:

a transmitting side for modulating each of a plurality of carrier-wave signals having different frequencies, based upon information to be transmitted; and

a receiving side for demodulating a received signal for each of a plurality of frequency bands and discriminating information based upon a demodulated result of each of the plurality of frequency bands, wherein the plurality of frequency bands correspond to the frequencies of the plurality of carrier-wave signals.

35. The system according of claim 34, wherein said transmitting side comprise a plurality of modulators, and wherein the information to be transmitted is supplied to the plurality of modulators in parallel.

36. The system according to claim 35, wherein said transmitting side comprises an adder for adding the outputs of the plurality of modulators.

37. The system according to claim 34, wherein said transmitting side comprises a plurality of multipliers for multiplying the information to be transmitted by a plurality of corresponding bits of a spread-spectrum core sequence;

and

a plurality of modulators for modulating each of the plurality of carrier-wave signals based upon outputs of the plurality of multipliers.

38. The system according to claim 34, wherein said receiving side comprises a plurality of demodulators for demodulating each of the plurality of frequency bands and discriminating means for discriminating the information based upon outputs of the plurality of modulators.

39. The system according of claim 38, wherein said receiving side comprises an adder for adding outputs of the plurality of demodulators, and wherein said discrimination means discriminates the information based upon an output of the adder.

40. The system according to claim 34, wherein said receiving side comprises a plurality of band-pass filters for splitting the received signal into a plurality of bandwidths.

41. The system according to claim 34, wherein said receiving side comprises;

a plurality of modulators for demodulating each of the plurality of frequency bands;

a plurality of multipliers for multiplying outputs of the plurality of demodulators by a plurality of digits of the spread-spectrum code sequence; and

discriminating means for discriminating the information based upon outputs of the plurality of demodulators.

42. A wireless signal receiving apparatus comprising:

a plurality of demodulating means for demodulating a received signal for each of a plurality of frequency bands; and

discriminating means for discriminating original data based upon an average of a plurality of demodulated results output by the plurality of demodulating means.

43. The apparatus according to claim 42, wherein each of the plurality of demodulating means comprises a band-pass filter for splitting the received signal.

44. The apparatus according to claim 42, wherein said discriminating means comprises an adder for adding the plurality of demodulated results output by the plurality of demodulating means, said discriminating means discriminating the original data based upon an output of the adder.

45. The apparatus according to claim 42, wherein each of the plurality of demodulating means comprises a demodulator for demodulating the received signal, and a multiplier for multiplying output of the demodulator by each of a plurality of digits of a spread-spectrum code sequence.