Narrow band direct sequence/frequency hopping spread spectrum VHF radio

Author

Thorvaldsen, T.

Author_Institution

NFT-Ericsson Commun., Norway

fYear

1992

fDate

11-14 Oct 1992

Firstpage

856

Abstract

A VHF tactical radio is being developed for the Norwegian Army by NFT-Ericsson. This radio has a considerable direct sequence spread spectrum (DS) processing gain in fixed frequency (FF) mode. In frequency hopping mode each hop has a DS component adding to the total jamming resistance. The services offered are combat net radio, single channel radio access, and command, control, and intelligence real-time data. The radio has been named the Multi-Role Radio (MRR). Packet radio is offered in all services. A DS/FF prototype transmitter and receiver were tested in 1988. In the field tests 2.4-kb/s data were received with a bit error rate of 10^-3 or better with the same or smaller power than required by a PRC 77 for just readable voice

Keywords

frequency agility; military systems; mobile radio systems; spread spectrum communication; 2.4 kbit/s; MRR; Multi-Role Radio; NFT-Ericsson; Norwegian Army; VHF tactical radio; bit error rate; combat net radio; command; control; direct sequence spread spectrum; fixed frequency mode; intelligence; jamming resistance; narrow band radio; packet radio; real-time data; receiver; single channel radio access; transmitter; Frequency; Intelligent control; Jamming; Narrowband; Packet radio networks; Prototypes; Radio control; Radio transmitters; Spread spectrum communication; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1992. MILCOM '92, Conference Record. Communications - Fusing Command, Control and Intelligence., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0585-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1992.243985

Filename

243985