Performance Analysis of Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Multiple-Access Communication via Fading Channels.
Abstract
The performance of biphase direct-sequence spread-spectrum multiple-access (SSMA) communication for a general class of fading channels is investigated. The channels considered are those for which the channel output consists of a strong stable specular signal plus a faded version of this signal. Such channels are the result of a transmission medium which gives rise to a major stable communication path and a number of additional weaker communication paths. The fading channel is modeled as a general is modeled as a general wide-sense-stationary uncorrelated-scattering (WSSUS) channel -- a model which is general enough to exhibit both time and frequency selectivity and to impose no restrictions on the fading rate. A discussion of the important parameters of the WSSUS channel is given and two important classes of WSSUS channels are developed from the general fading channel model; time-selective fading channels and frequency-selective fading channels. In analyzing the performance of direct-sequence SSMA communications via fading channels two measures of system performance that are considered are average signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver output and the average probability of error. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA124007
Entities
People
- David Edward Borth
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign