CDMA RF System Engineering

This hands-on practical book tackles CDMA (code division multiple access) capacity engineering, which is crucial to ensuring optimal performance of wireless networks. Examining CDMA capacity at all system levels, this book shows network engineers and operators how to quantify systems capacity so they can design resource management and capacity strategies. It analyzes various critical systems conditions, such as system outages, so CDMA capacity can be properly managed. Case studies and detailed operations scenarios provide practical insight for capacity planing and resource allocation to ensure optimal network performance. Because of the key role CDMA plays in current and third generation cellular systems, this book is also an essential reference for ...

The key of a successful approach to the complex issue of designing wireless terminals for present and future communication systems (usually addressed to as '3rd Generation and beyond') lies in a single 'magic' word: multidisciplinarity. This was actually the philosophy which inspired and drove a fruitful teamwork performed at the University of Pisa (Italy) under the auspices of the European Space Agency (ESA) with the goal of developing a digital receiver for CDMA mobile communications. The most challenging issue of the project was the implementation into a single ASIC device of an advanced detector for multi-user CDMA signals featuring interference mitigation capability. The whole design process, starting from system specifications down to final har...