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Methods and apparatuses using filter banks for multi-carrier spread spectrum signals

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OSTI ID:1257191

A transmitter includes a synthesis filter bank to spread a data symbol to a plurality of frequencies by encoding the data symbol on each frequency, apply a common pulse-shaping filter, and apply gains to the frequencies such that a power level of each frequency is less than a noise level of other communication signals within the spectrum. Each frequency is modulated onto a different evenly spaced subcarrier. A demodulator in a receiver converts a radio frequency input to a spread-spectrum signal in a baseband. A matched filter filters the spread-spectrum signal with a common filter having characteristics matched to the synthesis filter bank in the transmitter by filtering each frequency to generate a sequence of narrow pulses. A carrier recovery unit generates control signals responsive to the sequence of narrow pulses suitable for generating a phase-locked loop between the demodulator, the matched filter, and the carrier recovery unit.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
Assignee:
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Number(s):
9,369,866
Application Number:
14/498,035
OSTI ID:
1257191
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

OFDM Versus Filter Bank Multicarrier journal May 2011
A Square-Root Nyquist (M) Filter Design for Digital Communication Systems journal May 2008
Design and implementation of a multicarrier spread spectrum communication system conference October 2012
Finite Duration Root Nyquist Pulses with Maximum In-Band Fractional Energy journal September 2010

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