Design of a Short Reference Differential Chaotic Shift Keying Communication System Based on Reference Signal Scrambling Transformation

A short reference differential chaotic shift keying communication system based on reference signal scrambling transformation (RSST-SR-DCSK) is proposed in this paper. The system introduces information-bit-driven scramblers at the transmission end to effectively eliminate the correlation between the reference signal and information signal. At the receiving end, a descrambler is used to restore the correlation, thereby enhancing information transmission security. Additionally, the system employs a short reference transmission mechanism to further increase the information transmission rate. The transmitter and receiver structures of the system are designed through signal structure analysis. Theoretical analyses and simulations conducted in an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel demonstrate promising performance, including a low bit error rate (BER) and a favorable data-energy-to-bit-energy ratio (DBR). Simulation verification is performed to examine the impact of parameters on the bit error rate performance. A comparative analysis with traditional DCSK and SR-DCSK systems highlights the superior performance of the RSST-SR-DCSK system.