EMONA Information Sheet

TIMS FH Spread Spectrum

Investigate a variety of Frequency Hop Spread Spectrum
modulation schemes with the TIMS-434 FHSS module,
including Fast Hop, Slow Hop and Hybrid DS/FH modulation.
The TIMS-434 FHSS Frequency Synthesizer modules, used in - FSK in Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
conjunction with a selection of other TIMS Basic and Advanced - FHSS Fast and Slow Hopping
modules, will implement the following five experiments in - FHSS and Bit Error Rate Measurements
Frequency Hop Spread Spectrum : - Multi-Channel FHSS, Collisions and Bit Error Rate
- Hybrid DS/FH Spread Spectrum

FHSS Frequency Synthesizer TIMS SPREAD SPECTRUM

EXPERIMENTS
• Synthesizer generates 8 frequency hop
channels, equally spaced, between • Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
100kHz & 240kHz. based around the TIMS-427 Multi Sequences Source
• Frequency Hopping pattern is and TIMS-428 CDMA Decoder modules
determined by the pseudo-random • CDMA
sequence presented to the PN DATA using one or more pairs of the TIMS-427 and 428
input. modules
• ‘N’ output is a stepped analog voltage
• Fast Hop Frequency Hop Spread
giving students a real-time, textbook-
Spectrum

like “hopping pattern” (frequency
versus time) display on a scope.
• Provides two operating modes:
‘manual’ to observe performance of
each FH channel, and ‘clocked’ for
normal FHSS operation.
The TIMS-434 FHSS Frequency Synthesizer
module provides the central building block
required to implement a FHSS modulator and
demodulator. Two modules are required in a
FHSS experiment - one at the transmitter and
receiver.
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based around a pair of TIMS-434 Frequency Hop
Spread Spectrum modules
TIMS-434
• Slow Hop Frequency Hop Spread
Spectrum
based around a pair of TIMS-434 Frequency Hop
Spread Spectrum modules
• Hybrid DS/FH Spread Spectrum
using the TIMS-427, 428, 434 and other TIMS
modules

FHSS Modulator and Demodulator Hybrid DS/FH Spread Spectrum

The data to be transmitted is first modulated using FSK and then The data to be transmitted is DSSS encoded and chipped using
translated to the FH channels according to the FHSS Frequency BPSK modulation, which is then Frequency Hopped according to
Synthesizer under the control of the input PN Sequence. a separate PN Sequence, to complete the Hybrid DS/FH scheme.

ORIGINAL DATA
AT FHSS DSSS
TRANSMITTER INPUT ENCODED DATA

“NTX” OUTPUT:
BPSK
HOPPING PATTERN
AT THE TRANSMITTER
FHSS OF DSSS
“NRX” OUTPUT: CHIPPED BPSK
HOPPING PATTERN
AT THE RECEIVER

RECOVERED DATA SPECTRUM

AT THE RECEIVER OF THE 100kHz
CHANNEL

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