A simple synchronization method using Gold code for M-ary/DS powerline communications

A synchronization method for transmitting a spreading code that consists of the PN sequence M/sub k/ and a Gold code of M/sub k+1/ and M/sub k/ is proposed for the M-ary/DS power line communications. A demodulator can be simplified by this method. Simulation results are given for synchronization error rate and prediction error rate of the spreading code when transmitting the signal through a simple power line model.