Performance of Hard-Limited Spread-Spectrum Transmission Systems

Abstract

The detection of spread-spectrum multiple-access signals relayed through a hard-limiting repeater is of considerable practical interest in satellite communication. The study provides a method for analyzing accurately the detection of a hard-limited PSK signal buried in noise having non-Gaussian components, by using a correlation detector. The problem is of both theoretical and practical interest. The probability of error is shown to be directly calculable from the characteristic function of the receiver output, without the need of obtaining the probability density function, which generally requires a difficult inverse transformation of the characteristic function. This approach might be of some theoretical interest in solving related problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0743198

Entities

People

  • Pravin C. Jain

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Bandwidth
  • Code Division Multiple Access
  • Communication Systems
  • Detectors
  • Distribution Functions
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Gaussian Processes
  • Hypergeometric Functions
  • Low Pass Filters
  • Modulation
  • Multiple Access
  • Random Variables

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects