A Chaos-Based Digital Communication Systems via a Control-Theoretic

Approach
Shun-Bo Jhaung, Yung-Nien Wang, and He-Sheng Wang
National Taiwan Ocean University Department of Communications, Navigation, and Control Engineering
Abstract In this paper, a new synchronization technique for chaos-based digital communication system is
proposed via a control-theoretic approach. We propose a
new chaotic synchronization technique that is capable of
processing signals with very low SNR level. Presently,
synchronization of chaotic communications utilizes a
technique mainly based on the master-slave subsystems.
In our proposed method, by imposing chaotic-based
pseudo-random bits on the master-slave systems, the
performance (such as BER and SNR) of the synchronized signals can be greatly improved. Furthermore, by
exploiting the properties of chaotic systems, a novel multiple accesses method is also introduced in this paper.
Keyword: Chaotic Synchronization; Entropy; Information
Capacity; Digital Communication.

lies in its numerous potential applications. We hope we can

provide a reliable chaotic synchronization system.

PROPOSED METHOD
To construct the model of the synchronization system, we
choose chaotic system based on the Burgers map [1][7] and
use the Pecora-Carroll Chaotic Synchronization Method [3]
to realize it.
Burgers map:

BACKGROUND
Chaos theory is a field of study in mathematics, with applications in several disciplines including geology, microbiology, biology, computer science, economics, engineering,
finance, algorithmic trading, meteorology, philosophy,
physics, politics, population dynamics, psychology, and
robotics [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Chaos theory studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial
conditions, an effect which is popularly referred to as the
butterfly effect.
Since the early 1990s, when synchronization of chaotic
systems became a popular research subject and suggested
application to secure communications that the topic started
to arouse major interest, a vast number of scientific papers
have been published [3][4][5][6]. Chaotic synchronization is
a phenomenon that may occur when two, or more, dissipative chaotic systems are coupled. Synchronization may present a variety of forms depending on the nature of the interacting systems and of the coupling scheme.
In this paper, we propose a new chaotic synchronization
technique that is capable of processing signals with very low
SNR level. Presently, synchronization of chaotic communications utilizes a technique mainly based on the master-slave subsystems. In our proposed method, by imposing
chaotic-based pseudo-random bits on the master-slave systems, the performance (such as BER and SNR) of the synchronized signals can be greatly improved. Furthermore, by
exploiting the properties of chaotic systems, a novel multiple accesses method is also introduced in this thesis. This
method takes advantage of the near-orthogonal property of
the chaotic signals and may be termed as Chaotic-Division
Multiple Access.
The motivation for the study of chaotic synchronization

Figure1. Pecora-Carroll master-slave system

We propose a novel design of a chaotic synchronization

system that is based on the Burgers map, as shown in Figure 2. In this system, transmitter uses chaotic signals including the messages to deliver the information. The receiver can synchronize the transmitted chaotic signals, thus allowing to acquire the information. Some simulation results
are shown in the next section.

Figure 2. The Burgers map chaotic synchronization system

RESULTS

10

Carrier X
Message

Xn

-1
-2
200

400

600

800

1000

n
Carrier Y
Message

Yn

1
0
-1
-2
0

200

400

600

800

1000

Figure 3. Carrier and message

Amplitude

Transmitted S

2
0

-1

10

-2

10

-3

10

-4

10

-5

SY

2
3
Eb/No, dB

In our system, BER shows great performance. The noise

tolerance capability is higher than traditional modulation. In
each simulation, 1 105 bits were transmitted, run 10 times
simulations to average. Figure 5 plots the simulations.
In this paper, a novel design of chaotic synchronization system has been introduced. The research topics in the thesis
are: (1) Chaos theory (2) Chaotic synchronization (3) Combining Chaotic synchronization with multiple access techniques. Firstly, chaos theory provides the basis theorem for
design chaotic systems. It also offers the method to estimate
the chaotic property for systems. Secondly, the design of
chaotic synchronization system in thesis has the great performance to resist the high level noise. The performance is
better than the conventional techniques.

-2
-4
0

200

400

600

800

1000

n
2
Amplitude

10

Figure 5. BER under AWGN

-3
0

Theory BPSK
SX

Bit Error Rate

A synchronization of chaotic system model was designed.

In this system, transmitter uses chaotic signals including the
messages to deliver the information. The receiver can synchronize the transmitted chaotic signals, thus allowing acquiring the information. The channel was assumed an
AWGN channel when analyzing this synchronization system. The system using Burgers map with parameter a =
0.22 and b =1.75 results in the orbits of X and Y as shown in
Figure 3. The transmitted signals are the carrier multiplied
by message, which is a 10-bit sequence, m = [0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
1 0], as shown in Figure 4.

Transmitted S

1
0
-1
-2
0

200

400

600

800

Figure 4. Transmitted signal

1000

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