Detectability of Chaotic Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Signals

Author

Sedaghatnejad, Sedighe ; Farhang, Mahmoud

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Shiraz Univ., Shiraz, Iran

Volume

4

Issue

6

fYear

2015

Firstpage

589

Lastpage

592

Abstract

Chaotic spreading sequences were previously proposed for use in direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) communications systems, and it was suggested that the nonbinary nature of these sequences would result in an improvement in the low probability of intercept (LPI) performance of the signal. In this letter, we derive the structure of the optimum intercept receivers for chaotic DSSS signals in a statistical framework by exploiting the known probabilistic behavior of spreading sequences. A performance comparison between the optimal receivers and more practical suboptimum detectors-which overlook the multilevel nature of chaotic sequences-is also provided. The results imply that the use of chaotic spreading sequences would not help increase the covertness of DSSS signals.

Keywords

chaotic communication; code division multiple access; radio receivers; signal detection; spread spectrum communication; statistical analysis; DSSS communications system; chaotic direct-sequence spread-spectrum signal detectability; low probability of intercept performance improvement; optimum intercept receiver; statistical framework; Chaotic communication; Detectors; Probability density function; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Spread spectrum communication; Chaotic communications; direct-sequence spread-spectrum; low probability of intercept (LPI); spreading sequence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2162-2337

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LWC.2015.2469776

Filename

7208808