Performance of direct sequence spread spectrum in a fading dispersive channel with jamming

The performance of a binary phase-shift-keyed direct-sequence spread-spectrum communication system in a fading dispersive channel with jamming is examined. The channel is modeled as a wide-sense-stationary uncorrelated scattering channel, dispersive only in time. The channel output consists of a strong stable component of the signal plus a continuum of dispersive components and is referred to as a frequency-selective Rician fading channel. To obtain specific results, the multipath intensity profile is modeled by triangular function. Both the uncoded and coded performances are analyzed. The multipath spread is chosen to limit intersymbol interference to K adjacent coded symbols in the coded case and to only adjacent data bits in the uncoded case. No specific interleaver design is considered. A closed-form expression for the probability of error is obtained, assuming random spreading sequences. Numerical results are presented for values of the system and channel parameters. It is shown that a jammer can optimize its strategy if the probability of error is not too high.<>     

Performance of coded direct sequence spread spectrum in a fadingdispersive channel with pulsed jamming

Consideration is given to the performance of a binary phase-shift-keyed (BPSK) direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS/SS) communication system in a fading dispersive channel with the direct or specular component of the signal present. Two types of multipath intensity profiles are analyzed. Large values of the multipath spread (larger than a symbol duration) are considered, and a useful approximation to the symbol error probability, based on random spreading sequences, is derived. The effect of pulsed jamming on the performance is analyzed. Both the uncoded and the coded case are considered. In the coded case, hard- and soft-decision decoding metrics, with and without jammer-state information (JSI), are analyzed and discussed     

多径环境下的直扩信号伪码周期估计

针对低信噪比条件下多径直接序列扩频(直扩)信号伪码周期估计的难题,拓展了先前提出的单径环境下基于信号功率谱二次处理的方法,提出了在低信噪比条件下多径环境中直扩信号的伪码周期估计的二次谱算法.该算法首先对多径直扩信号求取功率谱,然后将所得到的功率谱作为一输入信号求其第二次功率谱,所得二次功率谱将在伪码周期整数倍处出现代表信号存在的尖峰脉冲,通过对这些尖峰脉冲闻的距离进行检测就可以获得多径直扩信号伪码周期参数的检测估计.理论分析和计算机仿真结果表明:该算法可以有效地估计出多径环境下直扩信号的伪码周期,且估计性能和多径环境密切相关.     

Digital multi-carrier spread spectrum versus direct sequence spreadspectrum for resistance to jamming and multipath

We compare single user digital multi-carrier spread spectrum (MC-SS) modulation with direct sequence (DS) SS (with a modified implementation) in the presence of narrowband interference (NBI) and multipath fading. We derive closed-form expressions for the symbol error probability for both the linear MMSE receiver as well as the conventional matched-filter receiver under different scenarios: additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel with NBI, multipath channel with or without NBI. We show that DS-SS can achieve the same performance as MC-SS if the spreading code is carefully designed to have perfect periodic autocorrelation function (PACF). On the other hand, MC-SS is more robust to narrowband interference and multipath fading than is DS-SS with the widely used spreading codes that do not possess perfect PACE. Our analysis reveals that the performance improvement of MC-SS is precisely due to the implicit construction of an equivalent spreading code having nonconstant amplitude but possessing perfect periodic autocorrelation     

Chip‐interleaving direct sequence spread spectrum system over Rician multipath fading channels

Chip interleaving (CI) is a unique technique to exploit time diversity in direct sequence spread spectrum (DS/SS)‐based systems operating in fading environments. In order to facilitate design of CI systems in various fading situations, we present a performance analysis for CI DS/SS system over Rician multipath time‐varying fading channels. We derive the analytical bit error rate (BER) expression for CI DS/SS to allow fast and accurate evaluation of BER performance based on the interleaving depth selected, spreading codes employed, and the time correlation function of the channel. We then discuss some ideal cases by using the analytical results to reveal some of the insights presented in the performance analysis. For the purpose of comparison, we also obtain the BER expression for conventional DS/SS system as a special case of CI system with an interleaving depth of one. Using numerical examples, we verify the analytical results with computer simulations and illustrate the BER performance behavior of CI DS/SS system with varying interleaving depth for all possible combinations of two sets of spreading codes of different type and two different time correlation functions of the channel. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于软件无线电的直接序列扩频系统研究

介绍了一种利用FPGA和DSP实现直接序列扩频软件无线电系统，具体讨论了利用FP-GA实现了数字下变频(DDC)和完成PN码的快速捕获和跟踪等数字化处理技术，并进行了仿真实验，实验结果表明了系统设计的可行性。     

Performance of sequential estimation for direct sequence spread spectrum code acquisition

The Sequential Estimation (SE) technique introduced by Ward was designed for the acquisition of pseudo-noise (PN) signals. It proves to be an effective model in medium SNRs as long as inverted PN sequences are not encountered. Recognizing that negative data bits invert PN sequences in spread spectrum transmissions, Chiu and Lee developed an Improved Sequential Estimator (ISE) that processes both types of sequences. The ISE design, however, erroneously despreads the incoming signal by inverting it during negative bit acquisitions. In some applications, this could be a problem, hence a Dual Correlating Sequential Estimator (DCSE) is proposed in this paper. The DCSE detects modulation errors by gathering correlation measurements from resident SE and ISE subsystems and corrects for them with an inverting mechanism. Key performance parameters such as mean timing and the variance of acquisition for the sequential estimator designs are derived via the generalized signal flow graph method and verified through simulation. In an additive White Gaussian noise (AWGN) environment, the DCSE design is shown to outperform the SE for every tested signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).Abbreviations SE sequential estimation - PN pseudo-noise - ISE improved sequential estimator - DCSE dual correlating sequential estimator - AWGN additive white gaussian noise - SNR signal-to-noise ratio     

多径分量噪声干扰下无线电扩频通信优化技术

无线电扩频通信受到多径分量噪声的干扰,导致通信信道均衡性不好,抗干扰能力不强,误码率较高。需要进行噪声干扰抑制,改善无线电扩频通信质量。提出一种基于自适应级联陷波和码间干扰抑制的无线电扩频通信优化技术。构建无线电扩频通信系统传输结构模型,采用自适应陷波器对无线电扩频通信中的多径分量噪声进行有效抑制,降低了进入信号通频带内的干扰功率,提高解调器的输出信噪比和信干比。采用扩展后的序列去调制载波,将信号搬移到载频上,实现信道均衡,提高抗干扰能力。仿真结果表明,该算法能有效降低无线电扩频通信的误比特率,抗干扰性较强,提高通信质量。     

直接序列扩展频谱系统设计

本文针对一种卫星定位通信系统中的用户站阐述了直接序列扩展频谱系统的信号特征、信道设计要点、伪码同步问题及设备测距精度分析,给出了工程设计方法及计算公式.性能实测结果与理论分析相吻合.     

Enhanced performance direct sequence spread spectrum codeacquisition

The binary autodirective search technique is shown to achieve a comparative advantage in acquisition time over traditional serial search methods when synchronising to a transmitted direct sequence spread spectrum signal     

Spectrally shaped generalized multitone direct sequence spread spectrum

In this paper, a new modulation scheme that is called spectrally shaped generalized multitone direct sequence spread spectrum (SSG-MT-DS-SS) is proposed. This scheme enables moderate shaping of the transmitted spectrum without the use of spectral-shaping filters; instead, the spectrum is shaped by appropriate selection of the parameters of each subcarrier. These parameters are amplitude, data rate, processing gain, and the frequency separation between adjacent subcarriers. Since these parameters are selectable, this scheme is a completely generalized MT-DS-SS approach. Analysis and simulation results show that by properly choosing these parameters, the level of the spectral sidelobes can be reduced, while slightly changing the width of the mainlobe and simultaneously obtaining a good error-probability performance, on both additive white Gaussian noise and dispersive fading channels. For even a small number of subcarriers (e.g., 3-5), spectral sidelobes can be reduced by 3-6 dB from those of the conventional MT-DS-SS spectrum, with little or no degradation in error-probability performance. For larger numbers of subcarriers, additional sidelobe reductions are attainable. In addition, the SSG-MT-DS-SS system has a smaller peak-to-average power ratio than the conventional MT-DS-SS when the amplitudes of each subcarrier are not identical.     

Multitone spread spectrum multiple access communications system ina multipath Rician fading channel

The paper proposes a new multiple access communications system based on the combination of multitone transmission and direct sequence spectrum spreading (DS/SS). Multitone transmission is proposed because the associated larger symbol duration is favorable to combat the effects of multipath propagation. The multiple access capability of the system is achieved by means of DS/SS which also helps to combat the presence of several paths. On the other hand, DS/SS is also attractive to decrease the multiple access interference. The performance of this system is investigated for a multipath, slowly Rician fading and frequency selective channel, and a suboptimal receiver based on matched filters. The multiple access interference is also taken into account, A model for the computation of the bit error probability is derived for QPSK modulation of the orthogonal tones by the spread symbols. The system performance is investigated for selection diversity and maximal ratio combining (RAKE reception). Then the influence of the number of tones is investigated for given bandwidth, bit rate and transmission power. The positive effect of a multitone spread spectrum transmission is demonstrated     

Blind estimation of direct sequence spread spectrum signals inmultipath

Self-recovering receivers for direct-sequence spread-spectrum signals with unknown spreading codes are discussed in this paper. Applications include signal interception, jamming, and low probability of intercept (LPI) communications. A multirate/multichannel, discrete-time model of the spread spectrum signal is introduced, which establishes links with array processing techniques. Borrowing blind channel estimation ideas, which were originally developed in the context of fractionally spaced equalizers or receivers with multiple antennas, linear solutions are obtained that are independent of the input distribution. The signal interception problem is further studied, and a zero-forcing (ZF) receiver/equalizer is proposed to recover the transmitted data. Its performance is analyzed, and some illustrative simulations are presented     

Broadcast capability of direct sequence and hybrid spread spectrum

Two forms of spread-spectrum signaling, namely direct-sequence and hybrid (direct-sequence/frequency-hopped) are shown to provide high broadcast capability, especially when used in conjunction with forward-error-control coding schemes. The broadcast capability is defined as the maximum number of simultaneous distinct messages that can be transmitted to distant receivers from a single transmitter at a given bit-error rate. The quantity provides a useful measure of the capacity of hub-to-mobile or satellite-to-earth-station links of communication networks. When bursty data or voice traffic is dominant in such networks, the above forms of spread-spectrum CDMA provide a viable alternative to FDMA or TDMA. Ways of multiplexing the direct-sequence and hybrid signals are presented that use, respectively, distinct carriers, distinct pairs of orthogonal carriers, and only two orthogonal carriers for broadcasting the different messages. Systems with chip-synchronous signals and systems with random delays between the signals are considered. The average error probability of all systems is evaluated using the characteristic-function and Gaussian-approximation techniques. Besides the uncoded systems, systems using Reed-Solomon and convolutional codes are analyzed. A comparison of the broadcast capability of the different schemes is presented     

Acquisition of direct sequence spread spectrum signals withcorrelated fading

Antenna diversity is an effective way of improving the performance of a communication system, especially for initial acquisition in a narrowband code division multiple access (CDMA) system that operates in a flat fading environment. Earlier attempts to analyze such systems assume independent fading at various antenna elements. However, the diversity gain predicted by these analyses is often unrealizable, since the assumption about the independence of the fades is unrealistic in a spatially constrained system. We relax the assumption about the spatial independence of the fades by employing a realistic model for spatial correlation. Also, we obtain an optimum receiver for initial acquisition that takes into account the particulars of the spatial correlation and present a technique for the analysis of this receiver. We also study the diversity gain available for various parameters of the spatial correlation model and conclude that there exists an optimum number of the antenna elements for an initial acquisition system, based on the spatial correlation of the fades. Further, we consider a wideband multicarrier CDMA system with correlated fades among its subcarriers, which also employs antenna diversity, and apply the techniques used in the narrowband case to obtain an optimum receiver and analyze its performance. Finally, we study the tradeoff between the diversity gain available and the noncoherent loss incurred as the numbers of subcarriers and antenna elements are changed     

Long term fading in direct sequence spread spectrum inmicrocellular environments

The shadowing (or long term) statistics of a wireless system have a large impact on overall performance. The authors show experimentally that the inherent path diversity of a direct sequence spread spectrum system will reduce the effect of long-term envelope variation due to shadowing. This will result in a network with more homogeneous quality-of-service, reduce handovers, and improve capacity     

突发直接序列扩频发射系统的分析与仿真

针对强干扰环境下的短时突发扩频发射系统,介绍了扩频通信的基本原理和性能参数,并以处理增益为指标分析了 突发直扩系统的抗干扰能力.通过理论分析提出了发射系统总体的设计框图,通过ADS仿真平台对该发射信号进行了仿真,搭建了直接序列扩频发射信号仿真模型.最后分析发射信号的频谱图和星座图,验证该发射方案的可行性.     

直接序列扩频通信系统研究及仿真

直接序列扩频通信系统因其抗干扰性强、隐蔽性好、易于实现码分多址(CDMA)、抗多径干扰、直扩通信速率高等众多优点,在个人通信网、无线局域网、第三代移动通信、卫星通信以及军事战术通信等领域得到广泛应用.本文以扩频通信理论为基础,用MATLAB工具箱中的Simulink通信仿真模块和MATLAB函数对直接序列扩频通信系统进...