• DocumentCode
    1365730
  • Title

    Cryptology and the origins of spread spectrum: Engineers during World War II developed an unbreakable scrambler to guarantee secure communications between Allied leaders; actress Hedy Lamarr played a role in the technology

  • Author

    Kahn, D.

  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    80
  • Abstract
    The author describes the development of the scrambler called SIGSALY during World War II that was used for conversations between Churchill and Roosevelt and provides an early example of spread-spectrum communication.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; encoding; spread spectrum communication; SIGSALY; codes; cryptography; cryptology; encoding; scrambler; spread-spectrum communication; Cryptography; Laboratories; Noise; Privacy; Speech; Synchronization; Vocoders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1984.6370466
  • Filename
    6370466
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1365730