Frequency-hopped multi-user chirp modulation (FH/M-CM) for multipath fading channels

Abstract

The multi-user chirp modulation (M-CM) technique was introduced previously by the author as an efficient multiple-access technique using chirp modulation spread-spectrum signals. To further improve the performance of M-CM in multipath dispersive channels we suggest the application of frequency hopping (FH) to M-CM. The band of M-CM multiplexed signals is frequency-hopped within the allowed channel bandwidth. The application of FH is shown to highly improve the performance of M-CM signals in multipath fading dispersive channels. The considered channel model is a generalized channel model that allows dispersion and flat fading due to multipath propagation. Closed form expressions for the upper bound on the error probability for FH/M-CM is derived and investigated for different cases of channel dispersion and multiple-access parameters.