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Title: Communication systems, transceivers, and methods for generating data based on channel characteristics

Abstract

Examples of methods for generating data based on a communications channel are described. In one such example, a processing unit may generate a first vector representation based in part on at least two characteristics of a communications channel. A constellation having at least two dimensions may be addressed with the first vector representation to identify a first symbol associated with the first vector representation. The constellation represents a plurality of regions, each region associated with a respective symbol. The symbol may be used to generate data, which may stored in an electronic storage medium and used as a cryptographic key or a spreading code or hopping sequence in a modulation technique.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1078144
Patent Number(s):
8270602
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04K - SECRET COMMUNICATION
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Forman, Michael A, and Young, Derek. Communication systems, transceivers, and methods for generating data based on channel characteristics. United States: N. p., 2012. Web.
Forman, Michael A, & Young, Derek. Communication systems, transceivers, and methods for generating data based on channel characteristics. United States.
Forman, Michael A, and Young, Derek. Tue . "Communication systems, transceivers, and methods for generating data based on channel characteristics". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1078144.
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