HF high data rate modem

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1989-10-10

1992-03-17

Chin, Stephen

Pulse or digital communications

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371 1, H04L 2710

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050974858

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for achieving high frequency (HF) modem communications. A predetermined plurality of frequency hopped, digital phase shift keying modulated tones are generated at a predetermined number of pseudo-randomly generated frequencies during a successive plurality of time frames. The phase of the tone at each frequency during a particular time frame is differentially modulated to one of a predetermined number of new phases using the phase of the tone at the same frequency in the previous frame as a reference. The tones are transmitted in the high frequency (HF) band, and then received and converted into digital signals. The digital signals are processed to determine the phase of the tone at each transmitted frequency. This may be accomplished by means of a Fourier transform filter. Finally the phase of each tone is compared to the phase of the tone received at the same frequency in the previous frame to decode the received signals, and hence accomplish the desired communications. The present invention provides for communications methods and apparatus which achieves HF skywave communications at high data rates with low bit error rate performance. The invention employs the use of frequency hopped digital phase shift keying and the convolutional coding that overcomes the dispersive nature of the HF channel and achieves the high data rate without resorting to channel equalization techniques. The performance of the modem of the present invention is not limited by the multimode multipath characteristics of the HF path. This is due to selection of a frequency dwell time that is significantly less than the multipath differential times of arrival, and a frame time of the waveform that is longer than the maximum multipath differential times of arrival.

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