Basics of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT67)

Code division multiple access (CDMA) has proven to be a viable enabling technique for the simultaneous transmission and reception of data over a shared channel. Although associated mostly with wireless cellular communication, CDMA is also being considered for optical channels. This text, aimed at the reader with a basic background in electrical or optical engineering, covers CDMA fundamentals: from the basics of the communication process and digital data transmission, to the concepts of code division multiplexing, direct sequence spreading, diversity techniques, the near-far effect, and the IS-95 CDMA standard form.

Contents

- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- The Communication Process
- Digital Communication Fundamentals
- Code Division Multiple Access
- Spreading Sequences
- Diversity Techniques
- Multiuser Detection
- CDMA in Cellular Telephony
- Appendix A: Matched Filter Receiver
- Appendix B: Random Signals and Noise
- References
- Index