Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)

This book will provide the reader with a concise introduction to the use of spread spectrum waveforms in multiple user systems, often termed code division multiple access or CDMA. The content stems from course notes presented in a graduate level course on spread spectrum communications. Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is appropriate for courses on spread spectrum, advanced digital communication or multiple access, and also for professional engineers in need of a basic understanding of CDMA. Readers are expected to have a fundamental understanding of digital communications, wireless systems, stochastic processes, detection theory, and communication theory. The book builds on these fundamentals by explaining how spread spectrum systems differ from standard digital communication systems, and more importantly, how spread spectrum waveforms are used as a means of channelization in a multiple user scenario.