Hybrid DS/FFH spread-spectrum: A robust, secure transmission technique for communication in harsh environments

Mohammed M. Olama, Xiao Ma, Teja P. Kuruganti, Stephen F. Smith, Seddik M. Djouadi

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Abstract

Spread-spectrum modulation techniques have been adopted for many current and future military communication systems to accommodate high data rates with high link integrity, even in the presence of significant multipath effects and interfering signals. A more recent synergistic combination is a direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) signaling with the use of integrally coordinated frequency hopping (FH) and/or time-hopping (TH) modulation, generically dubbed hybrid spread-spectrum (HSS). A highly useful form of this transmission scheme for many types of command, control, and sensing applications is the specific code-related combination of standard DSSS modulation with "fast" frequency hopping (FFH), wherein multiple frequency hops occur within a single data-bit time. In this paper, detailed error-probability analyses are performed for a hybrid DS/FFH system over standard Gaussian and fading-type channels, progressively including the effects from wide-band, partial-band, and follow-on jamming, multi-user interference and/or varying degrees of Rayleigh and Rician fading. In addition, a simulation-based study of the DS/FFH performance is performed and compared to several forms of existing standard DSSS and FHSS wireless networks. The parameter space of HSS is also explored to further demonstrate the adaptability of the waveform for varied harsh RF signal environments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2010
Pages2136-2141
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: Nov 7 2011Nov 10 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period11/7/1111/10/11

Keywords

  • Hybrid spread spectrum
  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • Rayleigh/Rician fading
  • direct sequence
  • frequency hopping
  • multi-user interference
  • wide-band jamming

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