Performance study of hybrid DS/FFH spread-spectrum systems in the presence of frequency-selective fading and multiple-access interference

Hybrid spread-spectrum (HSS) systems have recently received considerable interest in commercial, Smart Grid, and military communication systems because they accommodate high data rates with high link integrity, even in the presence of significant multipath effects and interfering signals. A highly u...

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Main Authors: Olama, M., Smith, S., Kuruganti, T., Xiao Ma
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
direct sequence
frequency hopping
Hybrid spread-spectrum
Monte Carlo simulation
multiuser interference
Rayleigh fading
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Summary:Hybrid spread-spectrum (HSS) systems have recently received considerable interest in commercial, Smart Grid, and military communication systems because they accommodate high data rates with high link integrity, even in the presence of significant multipath effects and interfering signals. A highly useful form of this modulation scheme is the specific code-related combination of standard direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) with fast frequency-hopping (FFH) spread spectrum, denoted hybrid DS/FFH, wherein multiple frequency hops occur within a single data-bit time. In this paper we perform a simulation-based study of the DS/FFH performance as compared to the existing standard DSSS and FHSS wireless networks. The performance metrics are biterror probability and multiple-access capability. The parameter space of DS/FFH, including the DS spreading rate, frequency hopping rate, carrier frequencies, and numbers of users, is explored to show its performance under frequency-selective Rayleigh fading environments and multiuser interference. Direct digital synthesizers to achieve fast hopping speeds are also considered in our study.
ISSN:2163-5595
DOI:10.1109/CQR.2012.6267102