Performance of Soft Limiting PSK and DPSK Spread Spectrum Systems.

Abstract

An analytical study and investigation is carried out to model a phase-coded spread-spectrum communication system containing a soft-limiting satellite repeater. Useful mathematical expressions are obtained for the bit error probability for both coherent PSK and differential PSK biphase data modulation combined with phase-coded biphase or quadriphase spread-spectrum modulation. A study of soft limiter models is performed, resulting in the selection of the error function amplitude characteristic to represent the soft-limiting repeater nonlinearity. The error function model provides the flexibility to represent all degrees of soft limiting from a linear repeater to a hard-limiter. Included in the study are the effects of both up-link and down-link noise as well as CW jamming at the limiter input. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0777897

Entities

People

  • J. J. Jones
  • Jonathan Y. Huang
  • W. K. S. Leong

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Techniques
  • Mathematics
  • Modulation
  • Probability
  • Repeaters
  • Resilience
  • Spectra
  • Spread Spectrum

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Space