Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Frequency Hopping
Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
Technology and the Starlet
quency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS),
which was first patented by Hedy Lamarr
(Figure 9-4), a 1930 to 1950s Hollywood
starlet, and her neighbor, George Antheil,
a music composer (Brilliant, Beautiful, &
Bold, n.d.) in 1942. These two inventors
used a player piano (also called an auto-
piano) as the model for this ingenious
The security of the wireless communi-
cations between many of these devices,
including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, are safe-
guarded using an adaptive form of fre-
Figure 9-4.
actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr is credited with pat-
enting Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) technology.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
