SPREAD SPECTRUM MOBILE RADIO, 1977-1982

In 1977, Cooper and Nettleton proposed a spread spectrum mobile radio system using frequency-hopping multiple access, Hadamard coding for error correction, and differential phase shift keyed (DPSK) modulation, and they claimed higher spectral efficiency than frequency-division (FD) FM systems. Subsequent analyses showed that the DPSK system has a spectral efficiency of 8.4 percent as compared to the efficiency of unity for a FD-FM system with 30-kHz channel spacings. Goodman et al. suggested an alternative modulation scheme in 1980, using multilevel frequency shift keying (MFSK), and a 30 percent efficiency was obtained. The research results in spread spectrum mobile radio are summarized, and the areas requiring further investigation before a commercial system can be implemented are identified.

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  • Accession Number: 00379737
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 055
  • Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM