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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: IEEE/Globecom: Qualcomm Spread Spectrum
Keywords: spread spectrum qualcomm viterbi
Message-ID: <1990Dec22.141057.11343@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 22 Dec 90 14:10:57 GMT
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In <1990Dec20.231903@envy.bellcore.com> karn@envy.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) writes:
>So why use spread spectrum at all? There are several key advantages:

>1. Jam resistance. 

>2. Multipath resistance. 

>3. Suppression of narrowband interference. 

4) Hiding the fact you are transmitting at all, and/or making it
harder to figure out who is. In a noisy environment, how well can
your rf-source seeking missile figure out who to blow up?
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