Modulation, Shaping and Replicability of UWB Chaotic Radiopulses for Wireless Sensor Applications

A modulation method is proposed for generating identical UWB chaotic radio pulses using an analog generator of chaotic oscillations. The problem is on the edge of two contradicting requirements: (1) theoretical ability to produce a huge number of various-shape signals, because of high sensitivity to the initial conditions of the generator; (2) the necessity to reproduce oscillations of the same shape both in the receiver and in the transmitter for the implementation of coherent methods of signal processing. The considered method allows us to resolve this contradiction. A single-transistor chaotic oscillator with single power supply and frequency range 100 to 500 MHz is proposed. A mathematical model of the generator (a system of ODEs) was derived. A method of generating chaotic radio pulses with a reproducible shape that could be varied in a manner that is controlled and natural for UWB radio by means of changing the supply voltage of the chaotic oscillator is shown. The mathematical model of the generator is simulated numerically and proves the proposed ideas. The shaping and the replicability of UWB pulses was experimentally proven in an analog domain on a testbed with four instances of the chaotic generator.