• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.179-186
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• 2009

This paper describes the design and implementation for spread spectrum FTS encoder and decoder. The FTS command format is defined by 64 bit encrypted packet that contains all required information relayed between the ground and the vehicle. Encryption is accomplished using the Tripple-DES encryption algorithm in block encryption form. The proposed FTS encoder and decoder is using the Convolution Encoding and Viterbi Decoding for forward error correction. The Spread Spectrum Modulation is done using a PN code, which is 256 bit gold code. The simulation result shows that the designed FTS decoder is compatible with the designed FTS encoder.