A method and apparatus for generation of signals with unpredictable
transmission properties allowing physically secure, unscheduled and interference-resistant communication over
machine-to-
machine (M2M) networks is claimed. A physical dwell structure comprising time slots and frequency channels is established, and a combination of unpredictable physical dwells,
spread spectrum modulation formats employing unpredictable spreading vectors, and additional physical properties allowing unpredictable selection of intended receivers is described. These unpredictable
transmission properties enable receivers employing blind detection and
signal separation techniques to detect and extract transmissions intended for the receive, and excise transmissions not intended for the
receiver, as part of the despreading procedure, and even if those transmissions are received at a much
higher power level than the intended transmissions. The
resultant system eliminates the ability for an
adversary to predict and override M2M transmissions; allows reception of ad-hoc transmissions in dense environments without scheduling, CSMA / CA protocols, or feedback paths enabling scheduling, and allows macrodiverse reception of transmissions at networks of connected receivers, thereby providing additional efficiency and security improvements by exploiting the
route diversity of the network.