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Transmission system for sending two signals simultaneously on the same communications channel

US5073899A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 1989
Grant dateDec 17, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J13/0022
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmission system in which a suitably modulated speech or data signal is combined with a low bit rate (100b/s) spread spectrum signal and transmitted simultaneously on the same channel with the modulated speech lying within the bandwidth of the spread spectrum signal. At a receiver the modulated speech or data signal is demodulated and the modulated speech or data signal together with the spread spectrum signal are applied to a multiplier in which the spread spectrum signal is despread. A code synchronizing signal may be included in the modulated signal prior to transmission and when recovered in the receiver, the synchronizing signal is applied to a pseudo-random code generating means. The transmission system may include a text transmission system in which case the low bit rate signal comprises pages of data. A number of pages may be transmitted simultaneously by spreading the data associated with each page by orthogonal psuedo-random codes.

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