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CS/CCA can detect the state <strong>of</strong> a medium <strong>and</strong> report it to the transmitter. It is activated when<br />

the receiver <strong>and</strong> transmitter are on but no data streams are currently passing. It determines the<br />

channel state before transmitting. If the channel is busy, it <strong>wi</strong>ll wait for a period <strong>of</strong> time, <strong>and</strong> then<br />

detect it again. CS/CCA also can detect whether a signal can or cannot be received by a receiver.<br />

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3.3.1.4. IEEE 802.11b, DSSS <strong>and</strong> HR-DSSS<br />

3.3.1.4.1. Theory <strong>and</strong> Transmission method<br />

DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) was <strong>fi</strong>rst added to the 802.11 st<strong>and</strong>ard in 1997. At<br />

that time the speed was only 1 Mbps <strong>and</strong> 2 Mbps. But soon, it was found that DSSS has potential<br />

to run faster. The next st<strong>and</strong>ard 802.11b <strong>wi</strong>th new DSSS came out in 1999 <strong>and</strong> ran at 5.5 Mbps<br />

<strong>and</strong> 11 Mbps. Although these four speeds are <strong>of</strong>ten combined together as one st<strong>and</strong>ard, they<br />

actually belong to two different st<strong>and</strong>ards.<br />

The principle <strong>of</strong> DSSS is to transmit a signal over a <strong>wi</strong>de frequency b<strong>and</strong>, by spreading the<br />

RF energy across a <strong>wi</strong>de b<strong>and</strong> precisely. Then a receiver can get the transmitted signal by<br />

operating the correlation process.<br />

Figure 3-3 DSSS Transmission [17]<br />

For transmitting a signal, <strong>fi</strong>rst a spreader has to flatten the amplitude <strong>of</strong> the narrowb<strong>and</strong><br />

radio signal <strong>and</strong> spread its RF energy to a <strong>wi</strong>de b<strong>and</strong>. This step includes a lot <strong>of</strong> mathematical<br />

calculations. After this process is complete, the signal <strong>wi</strong>ll look like a RF low level noise. Then<br />

when the receivers monitor the <strong>wi</strong>de frequency b<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> locate the noise-like signal, they can<br />

identify it as the transmitted signals/data. The received noises <strong>wi</strong>ll be recovered by a correlator<br />

which can invert the spreading process. Since the true noise can not affect the whole b<strong>and</strong>, the<br />

correlator can spread it out <strong>wi</strong>thout damage the original signal.<br />

When modulating the DSSS data streams, 11-chips <strong>wi</strong>ll be added to the transmitted signals.<br />

A chip is a binary number <strong>and</strong> it is just only a part <strong>of</strong> encoding <strong>and</strong> transmission process. Chips<br />

do not carry any data. The chipped streams have another name called PN Codes (Pseudor<strong>and</strong>om<br />

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