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Spread Spectrum Access Methods for Wireless Communications

Ryuji Kohno, Reuven Meidan, and Laurence B. Milstein

One-line summary: CDMA combats multipath and interference effects by spreading a signal over a wide frequency band; CDMA has advantages and disadvantages over TDMA and FDMA - whether or not they balance out is an open question.

Overview/Main Points

Relevance

CDMA is all the rage in the media-access world. It has advantages over TDMA/FDMA at the cost of implementation complexity.

Flaws


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