Spread spectrum base station

A spread spectrum base station comprising:

• means for receiving a spread spectrum signal, the spread spectrum signal including a reference signal and a message signal, the message signal having message data;
• means for recovering a carrier signal of the combined spread spectrum signal using the reference signal;
• and
• means for recovering the message data using the recovered carrier signal.

A spread spectrum base station comprising:

• means for producing a message signal having message data;
• means for producing a reference signal, the reference signal for use in recovering the message data from a combined spread spectrum signal;
• means for combining the reference signal and the message signal as a combined signal;
• and
• means for transmitting the combined signal as a combined spread spectrum signal.

A spread spectrum base station comprising:

• means for producing a plurality of message signals, each message signal having message data;
• means for producing a reference signal, the reference signal for use in recovering the message data from a combined spread spectrum signal;
• means for combining the reference signal and the plurality of message signals as a combined signal;
• and
• means for transmitting the combined signal as the combined spread spectrum signal.