A demonstrator for a low-cost, cordless, multi-carrier spread-spectrum system

Author

Kühne, Jorg ; Nahler, Achim ; Hosemann, Michael ; Fettweis, Gerhard P. ; Kovacs, Gunter ; Riha, Gerd

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Dresden, Germany

Volume

47

Issue

1

fYear

2000

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

64

Abstract

Because of the need for spectrally efficient systems for wireless communication, many research activities have been carried out in the area of spread-spectrum techniques. Multi-carrier spread-spectrum (MC-SS) is a new modulation technique with better spectral properties than direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS-SS). In this paper, a new MC-SS system is introduced. A customized surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter has been designed as a fast analog correlator. A demonstrator testbed has been developed for the 2.4-GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. Experimental measurements of the intermediate frequency (IF) and baseband correlation are presented.

Keywords

modulation; spread spectrum communication; surface acoustic wave correlation; surface acoustic wave filters; 2.4 GHz; ISM band; MC-SS system; SAW filter; baseband correlation; demonstrator testbed; fast analog correlator; intermediate frequency; low-cost cordless system; modulation technique; multi-carrier spread-spectrum system; spectrally efficient systems; surface acoustic wave filter; wireless communication; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic testing; Acoustic waves; Correlators; Filters; Frequency measurement; Medical tests; Spread spectrum communication; Surface acoustic waves; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-3010

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/58.818748

Filename

818748