Data transmitting and receiving apparatus

Claim 2

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word and for producing a frame signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period.

Claim 3

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said bandpass means comprises: a local oscillator for producing a local oscillation signal; a frequency mixer for mixing said spread spectrum signal with said local oscillation signal and producing a frequency mixed signal; and a bandpass filter for filtering a partial band signal from said frequency mixed signal.

Claim 4

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said local oscillator oscillates at a frequency selected from a plurality of different frequencies in which frequency differences are integer multiples of an inverse of a symbol period of said data modulated signal.

Claim 5

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said combining means comprises adding means for adding detector output signals from different pass bands.

Claim 6

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said adding means comprises delay means for delaying detector outputs from different pass bands by different time periods to match peak points of said detector outputs, and an adder for adding the delayed detector outputs.

Claim 7

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a parity check circuit.

Claim 8

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a cyclic redundancy check circuit.

Claim 9

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising clock regeneration means for regenerating clocks from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clocks.

Claim 10

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said bandpass means, said detection means, said clock regeneration means, said decoding means, said unique word detection means, said packet extraction means, and said bit error detection means are provided at least in two channels.

Claim 11

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a frame error detection means for detecting a failure of detection of said unique word by said unique word detection means and for producing a frame error signal.

Claim 12

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said bandpass means, said detection means, said unique word detection means, said packet extraction means, said bit error detection means, and said frame error detection means are provided in two channels.

Claim 13

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said packet extraction means extracts said information bits and said error detection bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal from a first channel when said frame error detection means in a second channel produces said frame error signal.

Claim 14

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said frame error detection means in a first channel further detects a failure of detection of said unique word by said unique word detection means in a second channel and produces a quasi frame signal, said decoding means comprising auxiliary decoding means operated by said clocks from clock regeneration means in the second channel, said auxiliary decoding means in the first channel being selected when said unique word detection means in the first channel fails to detect said unique word.

Claim 15

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said clock regeneration means comprising time adjusting means for adjusting a clock phase of said clocks applied to the second channel.

Claim 16

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal for each of at least two of said different pass bands; detecting means for detecting data directly from each intermediate signal and for producing detector output signals comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; combining means for combining the detector output signals and for producing a synthesized detector output signal; and a decoder for detecting data based on the synthesized detector output signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period.

Claim 17

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal for each of at least two of said different pass bands; detecting means for detecting data directly from each intermediate signal and for producing detector output signals comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; combining means for combining the detector output signals and for producing a synthesized detector output signal; and a decoder for detecting data based on the synthesized detector output signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period.

Claim 18

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; and a plurality of channels, each channel comprising said bandpass means, said detection means, said clock regeneration means, said decoding means, said unique word detection means, said packet extraction means, and said bit error detection means, said selecting means selecting said information bits in one of said plurality of channels based on said bit error signal produced by each of said bit error detection means; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet.

Claim 19

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; and a plurality of channels, each channel comprising said bandpass means, said detection means, said clock regeneration means, said decoding means, said unique word detection means, said packet extraction means, and said bit error detection means, said selecting means selecting said information bits in one of said plurality of channels based on said bit error signal produced by each of said bit error detection means; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet.

Claim 20

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said selecting means selects among said plurality of different pass bands based on a minimum bit error.

Claim 21

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a parity check circuit.

Claim 22

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a cyclic redundancy check circuit.

Claim 23

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means changes a center frequency of said pass band when said bit error detection means produces said bit error signal.

Claim 24

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means changes a center frequency of said pass band when said bit error detection means produces said bit error signal.

Claim 25

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a parity check circuit.

Claim 26

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a cyclic redundancy check circuit.

Claim 27

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 20, said bandpass means comprising: a local oscillator for producing a local oscillation signal; a frequency mixer for mixing said spread spectrum signal with said local oscillation signal and producing a frequency mixed signal; and a bandpass filter for filtering a partial band signal from said frequency mixed signal; wherein said local oscillator oscillates at a frequency selected from a plurality of different frequencies in which frequency differences are integer multiples of an inverse of said symbol period of said data modulated signal.

Claim 28

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means narrows a bandwidth of said pass band when said bit error detection means produces said bit error signal.

Claim 29

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means narrows a bandwidth of said pass band when said bit error detection means produces said bit error signal.

Claim 30

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a parity check circuit.

Claim 31

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said bit error detection means comprises a cyclic redundancy check circuit.

Claim 32

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means changes a center frequency of said pass band when said frame error detection means produces said frame error signal.

Claim 33

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means changes a center frequency of said pass band when said frame error detection means produces said frame error signal.

Claim 34

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 27, said bandpass means comprising: a local oscillator for producing a local oscillation signal; a frequency mixer for mixing said spread spectrum signal with said local oscillation signal and producing a frequency mixed signal; and a bandpass filter for filtering a partial band signal from said frequency mixed signal; wherein said local oscillator oscillates at a frequency selected from a plurality of different frequencies in which frequency differences are integer multiples of an inverse of a symbol period of said data modulated signal.

Claim 35

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means narrows a bandwidth of said pass band when said frame error detection means produces said frame error signal.

Claim 36

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means narrows a bandwidth of said pass band when said frame error detection means produces said frame error signal.

Claim 37

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; adding means for adding said detector output from said plurality of different pass bands and for producing an adder output; and decoder means for decoding said adder output and for reproducing said data; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period.

Claim 38

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; adding means for adding said detector output from said plurality of different pass bands and for producing an adder output; and decoder means for decoding said adder output and for reproducing said data; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period.

Claim 39

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 30, wherein said adding means comprises delay means for delaying detector outputs from different pass bands by different time periods to match peak points of said detector outputs, and an adder for adding the delayed detector outputs.

Claim 40

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means, said detection means, said unique word detection means, said packet extraction means, said bit error detection means and said frame error detection means are provided in each of a plurality of channels, and wherein said packet extraction means in one of said plurality of channels extracts said information bits from each data packet in response to said frame error signal produced by said frame error detection means in said one of said plurality of channels.

Claim 41

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means, said detection means, said unique word detection means, said packet extraction means, said bit error detection means and said frame error detection means are provided in each of a plurality of channels, and wherein said packet extraction means in one of said plurality of channels extracts said information bits from each data packet in response to said frame error signal produced by said frame error detection means in said one of said plurality of channels.

Claim 42

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means, said detection means, said clock regeneration means, said decoding means, said unique word detection means, said frame error detection means, said packet extraction means, and said bit error detection means are provided in each of a plurality of channels, and wherein said decoding means in one of said plurality of channels comprising auxiliary decoding means operated by said clock regeneration means in another of said plurality of channels, said auxiliary decoding means in said one of said plurality of channels being selected when said frame error detection means in said one of said plurality of channels produces said frame error signal.

Claim 43

A data receiving apparatus for receiving a spread spectrum signal formed by modulating a carrier wave with data to produce a differential PSK data modulated signal and multiplying the data modulated signal with a spreading signal which has a bandwidth greater than that of the data modulated signal, wherein a period of said spreading signal is equal to a symbol period of the data modulated signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: bandpass means for passing one of a plurality of different pass bands of a full band of said spread spectrum signal, each pass band having a bandwidth which is greater than a frequency equal to an inverse of said symbol period, and for producing an intermediate signal; means for selecting a pass band among said plurality of different pass bands of said spread spectrum signal; detection means for detecting data directly from said intermediate signal and for producing a detector output comprising; (a) delay means for delaying the intermediate signal for an integer multiple of the symbol period of the data modulated signal; and (b) multiplying means for multiplying said intermediate signal with said delayed intermediate signal; clock regeneration means for regenerating a clock signal from said detector output, and decoding means for decoding said detector output to produce a bit stream of data in accordance with said regeneration clock signals; unique word detection means for detecting a unique word from said bit stream of data and for producing a frame signal; frame error detection means for detecting, by said unique word detection means, a failure of detection of said unique word in one channel when said unique word in said one channel is not detected within a predetermined period of time after detection of said unique word in another channel and for producing a frame error signal; packet extraction means for extracting information bits from each data packet in response to said frame signal; and bit error detection means for detecting bit errors in the decoded data packets using error detection bits and for producing a bit error signal; wherein said spreading signal is a chirp signal obtained by repeatedly sweeping a frequency of a sine wave every symbol period, and wherein said spread spectrum signal is presented in data packets formed by dividing an input bit stream into blocks of information bits, and adding at least said unique word and error detection bits to said information bits, said unique word inserted at a beginning of said information bits in each data packet, and wherein said bandpass means, said detection means, said clock regeneration means, said decoding means, said unique word detection means, said frame error detection means, said packet extraction means, and said bit error detection means are provided in each of a plurality of channels, and wherein said decoding means in one of said plurality of channels comprising auxiliary decoding means operated by said clock regeneration means in another of said plurality of channels, said auxiliary decoding means in said one of said plurality of channels being selected when said frame error detection means in said one of said plurality of channels produces said frame error signal.

Claim 44

A data receiving apparatus according to claim 33, wherein said clock regenerating means in said another of said plurality of channels comprising time adjusting means for adjusting a clock phase of said clock signals applied to the said one of said plurality of channels in accordance with a difference between a center frequency of said one of said plurality of channels and a center frequency of said another of said plurality of channels.