Pulse or digital communications – Spread spectrum – Direct sequence
Reexamination Certificate
1997-06-23
2004-05-25
Liu, Shuwang (Department: 2634)
Pulse or digital communications
Spread spectrum
Direct sequence
C375S134000, C375S137000, C375S142000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06741638
ABSTRACT:
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to the following co-pending applications, all filed on the same day and naming the same inventors as this application: “Processing a Spread Spectrum Signal in a Frequency Adjustable System”; “Bandpass Correlation of a Spread Spectrum Signal”; “Acquiring a Spread Spectrum Signal”; and “Receiving a Spread Spectrum Signal”.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to processing a spread spectrum signal.
In wireless systems, information typically is transmitted by modulating the information onto carrier waves having frequencies that lie within preassigned frequency bands. Radio frequency (RF) receivers demodulate the carrier waves to recover the transmitted information.
Spread spectrum communication systems spread transmitted signals over bandwidths much larger than those actually required to transmit the information. Spreading a signal over a wide spectrum has several advantages, including reducing the effects of narrow band noise on the signal and, in many situations, providing increased protection against interception by unwanted third parties. In a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) system, the bandwidth of a transmitted signal is increased by modulating the signal onto a known pseudo-noise (PN) signal before modulating onto the carrier wave. The PN signal typically is a digital signal having an approximately equal number of high and low bits (or “chips”), which maximizes the spectrum over which the signal is spread. A typical implementation of a DSSS receiver recovers the transmitted information by demodulating the carrier wave and then multiplying the resulting signal with a local replica of the PN signal to eliminate the PN signal. The DSSS technique offers heightened security because the receiver must know the PN sequence used in the transmission to recover the transmitted information efficiently. Other spread spectrum techniques include frequency hopped spread spectrum (FHSS).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect, the invention features processing a spread spectrum signal digitally sampled at a selected sampling rate. The digitally sampled signal is received and despread at a center frequency lower than the sampling rate and higher than zero, and is accumulated at the center frequency.
Embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following features. The center frequency may be limited to no greater than approximately one-half of the sampling rate, and it may be set to equal approximately one-quarter of the sampling rate. A DC filter may be used to filter any DC offset from the digitally sampled spread spectrum signal. The center frequency may be selected so that no data embedded in the spread spectrum signal is blocked by the DC filter. The spread spectrum signal may include a pseudo-noise (PN) spreading sequence, and the reference signal may contain the PN spreading sequence.
Advantages of the invention may include one or more of the following. A spread spectrum signal may be processed without demodulating the signal to DC until the processing is complete. An AC-coupled filter or other DC block may be used to eliminate DC offset from the spread spectrum signal before it is processed. A direct sequence spread spectrum signal may be processed using a correlator with an implementation efficient structure, which will lower the cost of receivers in which the invention is used and improve the efficiency of such receivers.
Other advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and from the claims.
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Froelich Robert K.
Fulton Forrest F.
Ramberg Erik A.
Dority & Manning P.A.
Liu Shuwang
Pojunas, Jr. Esq. Leonard W.
SchlumbergerSema Inc.
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