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{{Short description|Modulation technique to reduce signal interference}}
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In [[telecommunications]], '''direct-sequence spread spectrum''' ('''DSSS''') is a [[spread-spectrum]] [[modulation]] technique primarily used to reduce overall signal [[Interference (communication)|interference]]. The direct-sequence modulation makes the transmitted signal wider in bandwidth than the information bandwidth. 
After the despreading or removal of the direct-sequence modulation in the receiver, the information bandwidth is restored, while the unintentional and intentional interference is substantially reduced.<ref name="ref 1">{{cite book| title=Principles of Spread-Spectrum Communication Systems, 4th ed.| year=2018|last1=Torrieri|first1=Don}}</ref>

[[Swiss people|Swiss]] inventor, [[Gustav Guanella]] proposed a "means for and method of secret signals".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Espacenet - Bibliographic data|url=https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=19460806&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP&CC=US&NR=2405500A&KC=A&ND=7|access-date=2020-12-02|website=worldwide.espacenet.com}}</ref> With DSSS, the message symbols are modulated by a sequence of complex values known as ''spreading sequence''. Each element of the spreading sequence, a so-called ''chip'', has a shorter duration than the original message symbols. The modulation of the message symbols scrambles and spreads the signal in the spectrum, and thereby results in a bandwidth of the spreading sequence. The smaller the chip duration, the larger the bandwidth of the resulting DSSS signal; more bandwidth multiplexed to the message signal results in better resistance against narrowband interference.<ref name="ref 1"/><ref name="ref 2">{{cite book| title=Principles of Mobile Communication, 4th ed.| year=2017|last1=Stuber|first1=Gordon L.}}</ref>

Some practical and effective uses of DSSS include the [[code-division multiple access]] (CDMA) method, the [[IEEE 802.11#802.11b|IEEE 802.11b]] specification used in [[Wi-Fi]] networks, and the [[Global Positioning System]].<ref name="ref 3">{{cite book|title=Wireless Communications Principles and Practice, 2nd ed.| year=2002|last1=Rappaport|first1=Theodore}}</ref><ref name="ref 4">{{cite book| title=Global Positioning System: Signals, Measurements, and Performance, rev. 2nd ed.| year=2012|last1=Pratep|first1=Misra|last2=Enge|first2=Per}}</ref>

==Transmission method==
Direct-sequence spread-spectrum transmissions multiply the symbol sequence being transmitted with a spreading sequence that has a higher rate than the original message rate. Usually, sequences are chosen such that the resulting spectrum is spectrally [[white noise|white]].  Knowledge of the same sequence is used to reconstruct the original data at the receiving end. This is commonly implemented by the element-wise multiplication with the spreading sequence, followed by summation over a message symbol period. This process, ''despreading'', is mathematically a [[correlation]] of the transmitted spreading sequence with the spreading sequence. In an AWGN channel, the despreaded signal's [[signal-to-noise ratio]] is increased by the spreading factor, which is the ratio of the spreading-sequence rate to the data rate.

While a transmitted DSSS signal occupies a wider bandwidth than the direct modulation of the original signal would require, its spectrum can be restricted by conventional [[Pulse shaping|pulse-shape filtering]].

If an undesired transmitter transmits on the same channel but with a different spreading sequence, the despreading process reduces the power of that signal. This effect is the basis for the [[code-division multiple access]] (CDMA) method of multi-user medium access, which allows multiple transmitters to share the same channel within the limits of the [[cross-correlation]] properties of their spreading sequences.

==Benefits==
* Resistance to unintended or intended [[Radio jamming|jamming]]
* Sharing of a single channel among multiple users
* Reduced signal/background-noise level hampers [[signals intelligence|interception]]
* Determination of relative timing between transmitter and receiver

==Uses==
* The United States [[GPS]], European [[Galileo positioning system|Galileo]] and Russian [[GLONASS]] [[satellite navigation]] systems; earlier GLONASS used DSSS with a single spreading sequence in conjunction with [[FDMA]], while later GLONASS used DSSS to achieve [[CDMA]] with multiple spreading sequences.
* DS-CDMA (Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access) is a [[multiple access]] scheme based on DSSS, by spreading the signals from/to different users with different codes.  It is the most widely used type of [[CDMA]].
* [[Cordless telephone|Cordless phones]] operating in the 900&nbsp;MHz, 2.4&nbsp;GHz and 5.8&nbsp;GHz [[Band (radio)|bands]]
* [[IEEE 802.11b]] 2.4&nbsp;GHz [[Wi-Fi]], and its predecessor [[802.11-1999]]. (Their successor [[802.11g]] uses both [[Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing|OFDM]] and DSSS)
* [[Automatic meter reading]]
* [[IEEE 802.15.4]] (used, e.g., as PHY and MAC layer for [[Zigbee]], or, as the physical layer for [[WirelessHART]])
* [[Radio-controlled model]] Automotive, Aeronautical and Marine vehicles
* Spread spectrum [[radar]] for covertness and resistance to [[Radar jamming and deception|jamming]] and [[Spoofing attack|spoofing]]

==See also==
* [[Complementary code keying]]
* [[Frequency-hopping spread spectrum]]
* [[Linear-feedback shift register]]
* [[Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing]]

==References==
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* [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1095547/ The Origins of Spread-Spectrum Communications]
* {{FS1037C}}
* [[NTIA Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management]]

==External links==
* [http://www.marcus-spectrum.com/page4/SSHist.html Civil Spread Spectrum History ]

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