Signature-interleaved DS CDMA: controlling odd correlation peaks

Abstract

Users' asynchronism and multipath propagation are among the most problematic issues in designing direct sequence code division multiple access (DS CDMA) systems. In this paper a system employing interleaved multiple signatures per user to mitigate the damaging effects of these factors is described and studied. It is demonstrated that interleaving along with an appropriate selection of users' signature multitudes drastically lowers the level of data-modulation-related peaks of multiple access interference