THEORY OF

CODE DIVISION

MULTIPLE ACCESS

COMMUNICATION

The objective of this book is to provide an introduction to code division multipleaccess

(CDMA) communications. Our motivation for emphasizing CDMA communication

is a result of the technological developments that have occurred during

the past decade. We are currently witnessing an explosive growth in wireless

communication and cellular mobile radio systems, which are based on different

multiple-access techniques. We anticipate that, in the near future, we will see

a replacement of the current time- and frequency division methods in wireless

communication and mobile radio by CDMA.