CDMA for Wireless Personal Communications

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is a hot topic. Until now, it has only been used in satellite and military systems, but engineers are starting to recognize certain advantages it has over FDMA and TDMA for use in cellular radio.

"...presents the practical applications of CDMA as a multiple access protocol for wireless indoor, outdoor, and land-mobile satellite communication systems...provides techniques to enhance CDMA-based system performance."

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is a hot topic. Until now, it has only been used in satellite and military systems, but engineers are starting to recognize certain advantages it has over FDMA and TDMA for use in cellular radio.

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the theory and practical applications of CDMA. Authored by a recognized expert in the field, it fills a gap in current literature by explaining the use of CDMA in different environments, presenting CDMA as a multiple access protocol for wireless indoor, outdoor, and land mobile satellite communication systems.

This is cutting-edge information for all those involved in the future of wireless personal communications. It enables engineers, researchers and students to:

Compare wired (cable) and wireless network systems
Understand multiple access protocols
Learn hybrid CDMA
Apply CDMA to various mobile systems
Investigate multiple access schemes for future wireless communication systems

You'll gain a complete overview of CDMA, as well as useful solutions to the general problems of wireless communications as they relate to CDMA protocol, and recommended techniques to enhance the performance of a CDMA-based wireless personal communication system. Because the author recognizes that CDMA will have to be implemented in phases, he also addresses the practicalities of the coexistence of CDMA and TDMA. Complete with 180 illustrations, 400 equations, practical examples, and appendices.

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A discussion of code division multiple access (CDMA) and hybrid CDMA as they apply to wireless personal communications developed through the research of the author and his doctoral students at Delft University of Technology. CDMA is treated from the multiple access protocol perspective, featuring previously undocumented studies in the subject, new research activities in hybrid direct-sequence and slow frequency CDMA, and hybrid CDMA with inhibit sense multiple access (ISMA) protocol. The text illustrates these investigations with equations, graphs, and tables. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. Ramjee Prasad is a researcher of hybrid multiple access schemes for wireless personal communications at the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He received his M.Sc. (Eng.) in electronics and communications and his Ph.D. in telecommunications from the Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Wireless Personal Communications, Chairman of the IEEE Vehicular Technology and Communications Society Joint Chapter in the Benelux, and Secretary for the Executive Committee of PIMRC.