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Spread spectrum communication system

US4977578A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 1989
Grant dateDec 11, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J13/10
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spread spectrum communication system having a modulation unit for modulating and spreading an information signal by one or more of carrier signals and a spread code and transmitting it as a radio wave, and a demodulation unit for despreading and demodulating a received radio wave to pick up the information signal. The modulation unit includes a synthesizing and modulating unit for synthesizing a first primary modulated signal obtained by modulating a first carrier by the information signal and a second primary modulation signal obtained by modulating a second carrier, and a spectrum spreading unit for spreading the synthesized first and second primary modulation signals with a spread code to generate a spread spectrum signal containing first and second spread signal components. The demodulation unit includes a separation unit for separating a received spread spectrum signal into the first and second spread signals, a spread signal reproduction unit for reproducing the spread code on the separated first and second spread signal component, and a despreading unit for despreading the separated first spread signal component and reproduced spread code to reproduce the information signa…

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