FHSS (Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum)

A signal modulation technique employed in radio

communications, FHSS transmits short bursts of data over a range of frequency channels within the wideband carrier. Each transmission is assigned a 10-bit pseudorandom binary code sequence, which comprises a series of ones and zeros in a seemingly random pattern known to both the transmitter and receiver.The original code sequence is mathematically self-correlated to yield a code that stands out from all others, at least on average. The paired transmitters and receivers recognize their assigned and correlated code sequences, which look to all others as pseudorandom noise (PN). FHSS phase-modulates the carrier wave

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• NIC (Network Interface Card)
• NID (Network Interface Device)
• Nigerian Connection
• Nigerian Scam
• NII (National Information Infrastructure)
• NIR (National Internet Registry (NIR)
• N-ISDN (Narrowband ISDN)
• NIST
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• NIU (Network Interface Unit)
• NLOS (Non-Line-Of-Sight)
• nm (nanometer)
• NMS (Network Management System)
• NMT 450 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz)
• NMT 450 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz)
• NMT 900 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 900 MHz)
• NMT 900 (Nordic Mobile Telephone 900 MHz)
• NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone)
• n (nano-)
• NNI (Network-to-Network Interface)
• NN (Network Neutrality)
• NOC (Network Operations Center)
• node
• noise