Digital communication schemes using chaotic signals as carriers can be
broadly classified into two categories. In the first category, the
chaotic signals carrying the information have to be synchronously
regenerated at the receiver, which may be applicable to low noise
environment. The second category requires no synchronous regeneration of
the carrying chaotic signals in the receiver. An example of the second
category utilizes a specific bit structure, which may not be able to
resist unintended reception because the fabricated bit structure can be
relatively easily detected. This invention involves systems and methods
for transmitting digital messages modulated as chaotic signals, and the
demodulation methods. One individual chaotic signal generator having a
specific chaotic characteristic value is responsible for generating a
chaotic signal for each possible value of the digital message according
to a chaotic algorithm. The chaotic signal is then transmitted to the
receiver, which stores all of chaotic characteristic values and a
decoding algorithm. The chaotic signal received at the receiver is then
demodulated by evaluating it chaotic characteristic value and matching
with the stored chaotic characteristic values.